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How to pronounce bellicose

“bellicose” pronunciation in American and British English

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“bellicose” in real sentences

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  1. and increased bellicose rhetoric.

    The Obama White House

  2. His rhetoric was always very bellicose.

    WIRED

  3. east, and this was very, very bellicose.

    Lex Fridman

  4. QUESTION: Did you hear the bellicose rhetoric this time?

    State Department

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