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Recent Examples of hawkish
The new administration’s embrace of deregulation and M&A has been scaled back after recent hawkish messages about M&A, which disappointed Wall Street.
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R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Germany’s next chancellor is likely to be Friedrich Merz, a former corporate lawyer who has promised to crack down on migration, cut taxes and regulation and adopt a hawkish policy toward Russia.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
The probably incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, used last week’s Munich Security Conference to set out a hawkish position on Ukraine.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
But those calling the shots at the top are far more hawkish—Trump, Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz—and the administration’s policy to date has largely reflected their inclinations.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
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R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Germany’s next chancellor is likely to be Friedrich Merz, a former corporate lawyer who has promised to crack down on migration, cut taxes and regulation and adopt a hawkish policy toward Russia.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
The probably incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, used last week’s Munich Security Conference to set out a hawkish position on Ukraine.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
But those calling the shots at the top are far more hawkish—Trump, Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz—and the administration’s policy to date has largely reflected their inclinations.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawkish
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The bottom line: Bipartisanship is the most obvious casualty of Schumer's new warlike posture toward the GOP.—
Hans Nichols,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Freyja, however, is a more warlike goddess, and even has a part in selecting warriors for her hall in the afterlife.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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That, of course, is the Independence Day weekend — the setting for another summer popcorn flick starring a large, bloodthirsty fish from a half-century ago.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
24 Mar. 2025
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Like, maybe about the effects of exploding Israeli pagers on the bodies of bloodthirsty terrorists?—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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Irish mixed martial artist Conor McGregor wants to run in the November 2025 Irish presidential election, vowing to oppose his country's participation in an EU pact to share asylum-seekers around member countries.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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On March 24, 2000, Aaliyah made her acting debut in the action film Romeo Must Die, starring opposite martial artist and actor Jet Li, who played Han.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Hawkish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawkish. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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