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Owners concerned whether or not their dog is experiencing a phantom pregnancy can look for the following symptoms: mammary development, lactation, enlarged belly, loss of appetite, lethargy, vomiting, nesting, being protective of small inanimate objects and restlessness or aggression.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025 -
His ability to exploit Daniels’ aggression — baiting him into three first-half fouls — was critical, forcing the Hawks’ defensive anchor to the bench and limiting his usual effectiveness.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Kickstart Your Day with The Morning Jolt Apparently, the rule is: belligerence toward our friends, tenderness toward our enemies, or some of them.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
15 Jan. 2025
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In the last decade, North Korean belligerence has spurred the creation of an innovative defense industrial base in South Korea, which now exports to clients globally.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
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Its approach to union organizing activity may not be entirely welcoming, but seems to lack the truculence and hostility shown by retailers such as Starbucks and Amazon.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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Other international powers are showing even less patience for Israeli truculence.—
Shalom Lipner,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Nov. 2024
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Congress has given away its power to declare war to the president, handing over the ability to take the nation from a state of peace to a state of belligerency or co-belligerency.—
Armstrong Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
7 July 2024
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Credibility requires consistency, not belligerency.—
Keren Yarhi-Milo,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2017
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This scrappiness paid off when delivery became a table stakes channel in the past year.—
Alicia Kelso,
Forbes,
5 May 2021
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The unselfishness and scrappiness of the Golden Eagles is reminiscent of those teams coached by Al McGuire in halcyon days.—
Ben Steele,
Journal Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2023
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“Pugnaciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pugnaciousness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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