clashing

Example Sentences

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Her comedy is dialectical, it rides on characters talking at cross purposes, inhabiting separate clashing realities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

The BBC is moving the date of a music festival set to take place in Stirling in order to avoid clashing with local events.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

It is a marriage that never worked for his counterpart at the Justice Department, former Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater, who recently quit after clashing with superiors who take a more lenient view on enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Then, the hosts get into why Pete Hegseth’s Department of War is clashing with Anthropic, as modern warfare becomes increasingly reliant on AI.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2026

My sister’s cries, amid the clashing voices, rose like a siren.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat