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As the play begins, Carol is on the phone with his caregiver, rancorously discussing medications and his latest bout of respiratory problems.

From New York Times • May 1, 2015

This time he talked very rationally, not rancorously.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the stormy two-day Commons debate on his measures, the attacks of the Labor opposition had a new, almost rancorously personal note.

From Time Magazine Archive

The union has been coolly received by Egyptians, who recall how a similar federation with Syria dissolved rancorously a decade ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

There can be no doubt, Jay aside, that they would have quarrelled with each other as rancorously as they did with Franklin but for the cohesion created by their common jealousy of him.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell