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dispute

[dih-spyoot] / dɪˈspyut /




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The dispute was sparked two weeks ago when Sharon Sardina heard from a friend that her 17-year-old son was being discussed online.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

“Since our product is a legal contract, we take great care to pre-emptively avoid dispute resolutions by crafting carefully worded contracts that contain provisions for all possible event scenarios,” a Kalshi spokesperson told Barron’s.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez said Saturday she is traveling to The Hague to represent her country before the International Court of Justice in a dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo region.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

Mr Justice Chamberlain said the dispute raised issues "of wide public importance" and confirmed the next hearing would take place in June.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

After 1653 this dispute turned on the question of whether the five Jansenist propositions condemned by the pope as heretical were or were not to be found in Jansen’s Augustinus.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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