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Recent Examples of belligerently
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta police officers responding to the scene found Leon sitting on the ground in handcuffs, acting belligerently and attempting to stand while mumbling.
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Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belligerently
Adverb
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Chinese organizations reacted angrily to the move, calling for a boycott.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Trump has famously been the target of mockery in the past (in 2011 when President Barack Obama did the honors) and has angrily defended his staff, such as then Press Secretary Sarah Sanders when she was singled out by Michelle Wolf in 2018.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2026
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Lili Reinhart’s coldly overbearing Apple (with lucious, flaming red hair) is their ringleader, Alexandra Shipp’s Fig is a science genius who lost her personality in a swirl of people pleasing, and Victoria Pedretti’s mentally fragile Cherry is Apple’s resident punching bag and fixer-upper project.—
Jada Yuan,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
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Duvall possessed a Brando-like intensity in the Seventies, whether as the coldly strategic Tom Hagen in the Godfather pictures or as Frank Hackett, the soulless, hotheaded executive in Sidney Lumet’s bruising satire Network.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
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Most of the staff are politely, if coolly, efficient, but there were a couple of more gregarious waitstaff at the restaurant who were happily chatting with diners, explaining the provenance of various ingredients.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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To wriggle out of Joseph’s grasp, Michael hires a brash young lawyer, John Branca, played by Miles Teller, who lends the coolly confident character a delightfully rough edge.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Belligerently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belligerently. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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