received an inimical response rather than the anticipated support laws designed to enhance national security that some regard as inimical to cherished freedoms

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Furthermore, stigmatizing people for their weight would be inimical to the current reckoning with racial injustice, as African American women and Latino children are the most disproportionately affected by obesity in the United States. Chin Jou, Scientific American, "Another Misguided 'War' on Obesity," 23 Aug. 2020

Ron Taber, co-chairman of Latter-day Saint Democrats of America, told supporters during an online event Tuesday that Trump's policies on immigration and his response to the coronavirus are inimical to the Mormon faith. Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, "Trump looks to Mormons to win Arizona," 11 Aug. 2020

Here science and faith are not seen as inimical to one another, but as working together, hand-in-glove. Tulasi Srinivas, The Conversation, "India’s goddesses of contagion provide protection in the pandemic – just don’t make them angry," 15 June 2020

The prosecution of them, for this reason, will seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community, and to divide it into parties more or less friendly or inimical to the accused. Dan Mclaughlin, National Review, "You Can’t Ignore Politics in Impeachment," 11 Oct. 2019

Lately, though, the balance is off; in a time of contagion, the mandates of social distancing, inimical to city life, are sharpening the temptations of antisocial distancing that have always been here. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "Coronavirus Diary: Antisocial Distancing," 23 Mar. 2020

Any travel ban cannot but be inimical to the growth of the country. New York Times, "Trump Administration Adds Six Countries to Travel Ban," 31 Jan. 2020

Suitability findings can hinge on a background check and any other action deemed ‘‘inimical to the public health, safety, morals, good order and general welfare’’ of Nevada residents or discrediting of the state and its gambling industry. BostonGlobe.com, "WASHINGTON — Nevada gaming regulators are moving to ban Steve Wynn, the casino mogul and father of the modern Las Vegas Strip who’s been accused of a sexually harassing several of his employees.," 16 Oct. 2019

Ultimately, money that persists everlasting is inimical to an ecological economy. Charles Eisenstein, Quartz, "How a game of musical chairs can help explain our broken economy," 27 Aug. 2019

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