aggression

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Recent Examples of aggression Ukraine’s agony, with its echoes of Hitlerian aggression, calls into question the deepest convictions of those of us who are convinced there must be a more robust way to constrain, or at least disincentivize, the Putins of this world. Winslow Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Located in The Hague in the Netherlands, the ICC investigates and prosecutes individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and crimes of aggression against the territory of its member states, of which there are 125. Christian Edwards, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025 Ukraine is sending its largest-ever delegation to a gathering of politically influential Christian leaders in Washington this week, seeking to lay out an argument that protecting religious freedom is a strong reason for continuing U.S. aid to resist Russian aggression. Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2025 It's even recently been associated with quelling aggression. New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aggression
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggression
Noun
  • Fierce fighting and long-range attacks continued as Kyiv and Moscow prepare for the revival of talks.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Incidents like the recent attack where a woman was set on fire while sleeping on a subway train have heightened public fear.
    Paul Dreyer, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The stakes for Thursday's game were raised amid physical hostility between the teams throughout the tournament and geopolitical tension between the two countries in recent weeks.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Police said Mangione was in possession of a firearm matching the one used in the shooting, a fake ID and a notebook expressing hostility toward the health insurance industry and wealthy executives.
    Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.
    Reuters, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Last December, Willis was arrested at the Capitol for staging a bathroom sit-in in defiance of a proposal to ban trans women from women’s restrooms on federal property.
    Erin McMullen, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The examples that are often pointed to are not quite outright defiance of court orders.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That onslaught quieted the very pro-Finland crowd full of Canadians eager to root against their country’s biggest hockey rival.
    Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • But in the end, this new crop of talented Americans was too skilled, too deep and finally broke the game open with an onslaught of goals early in the third.
    Michael Russo, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Transport boxes, electronic scales and gaffs, sharp blades that can be attached to roosters' legs during fights, were found on the property, the news statement said.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2025
  • But that message was undermined by his company’s fight against TVC.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Courtesy of Netflix When the raid was going on, a Somali woman named Halima recalls being at a nearby school with 20 children huddled on top of her, vomiting and passing out.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Glas, who is twice convicted for corruption, had been seeking asylum from Mexico when the raid took place.
    Max Saltman, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The national community could be knit together without indulging the chauvinism of belligerence.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
  • But the long-term consequences of his economic belligerence have been largely negative for all involved.
    Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2025

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“Aggression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggression. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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