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  • The combatative spirit of the supporters of Barack Obama is a symptom of a sick society of people who are willing to say or do anything to destroy their opponent.

    DNC Chair on resolving Florida, Michigan stalemate 2008

  • "She's combatative and mischeevious," Madam Ma said, unmindful of her malapropisms.

    Beard 2010

  • Rich or poor, children and adults living with combatative alcoholic family members are likely to experience anxiety.

    Saving Carlos: Budget cuts leave 2nd-grader behind 2010

  • It partially explains how I'll avoid a competitive hoops ankle sprain or the like for months, and then twist it good setting the garbage on the precarious curb or wreck my neck playing a very physical Captain Hook to my daughter's combatative Peter Pan.

    popcornea 2008

  • So, do you propose that Canada invade Sudan, without a UNSC mandate, in a mission that would be at least as combatative as the one in Afstan?

    Make or break for Operation Athena 2007

  • There's combatative, angry testosterone-powered geeks, and there's artsy geeks and a thousand other kinds.

    Geeks and Promotion - Anil Dash 2003

  • Some farmers said Mugabe was not as combatative as expected but uncertainty remained over the farmers 'plight.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • "We know we can't be protected by this government because it has been heavily corrupted by the Chinese for the 2011 elections and the current by-elections," said Michel Sata, the PF's leader nicknamed King Cobra for his combatative stance.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • "We know we can't be protected by this government because it has been heavily corrupted by the Chinese for the 2011 elections and the current by-elections," said Michel Sata, the PF's leader nicknamed King Cobra for his combatative stance.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • "We know we can't be protected by this government because it has been heavily corrupted by the Chinese for the 2011 elections and the current by-elections," said Michel Sata, the PF's leader nicknamed King Cobra for his combatative stance.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

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