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• s  defiantly aggressive
  a truculent speech against the new government

• Bush partisans interpreted those remarks and Thompson's rising profile as a sign the President is giving up on a long-term future for his truculent Attorney General.
• Stocky truculent, he stared menacingly out of his cage, was characterized by Frank Buck as "the most ferocious, most terrifying and most dangerous of all living creatures.
• He carried the decoration with him, and it worked wonders: upon seeing it, truculent soldiers at checkpoints waved him through.

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• Statement from Northern Valley representative of petition group
  Mr. Schettino's truculent tone and many misstatements reflect how deeply intrenched and embattled he finds himself in the face of substantial community opposition to a policy of Random Drug Testing.
  July 24, 2013 - The Record