acrimonious
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Prince Harry and Meghan moved from the UK to the United States in 2020, stepping down as working royals in what was an acrimonious departure.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
During her acrimonious divorce from Brandon Blackstock, the homes were fought over by both parties.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The battles fought between surviving friends—in this case Wilde’s literary executor, Robert Ross, and Wilde’s onetime boyfriend, Alfred “Bosie” Douglas—are more partisan, the enmities more acrimonious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Election lawyers told the newsrooms that it is unlikely Paxton could make such an argument given his ongoing public and acrimonious divorce.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Relying on bottled oxygen as an aid to ascent is a practice that’s sparked acrimonious debate ever since the British first took experimental oxygen rigs to Everest in 1921.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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