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Adverb
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Emery, though, reacted angrily.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025 -
Trump angrily denied writing the letter the night that the Journal story was published.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Dodge attempted to keep their correspondence up, but Stein’s replies grew more and more infrequent, and further invitations to the Villa Curonia were coldly refused.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The film opens with a celebratory raid on an ICE facility to free detainees, and shows government agents coldly executing unarmed suspects and sending an undercover agent into a peaceful protest to throw a Molotov cocktail to justify increased force.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Then the pilot coolly opened the door and hopped out of the plane unharmed.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The veteran of 71 postseason games slid to his left to field it, coolly executing a fundamental throw home to nab Bauers and keep the game tied, 1-1.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Belligerently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belligerently. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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