conflict
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British steel—like Korean semiconductors and Japanese shipyards—buttresses America’s security in the event of a conflict with China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The drug Sovaldi is a great example of that inherent conflict.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Regulators there had raised concerns about whether the DEI policy changes would conflict with state rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The conflict has caused gas prices in the US to spike to above $4 a gallon, a painful hike to any US business that relies on transport.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
It is also about the deep scars that slavery left on America—old wounds that surface in racial conflict today.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
A few of the obstacles layered in — Ed’s struggle to write and some show-night personality conflicts — feel a tad obligatory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“This conflicts with a federally registered trademark held by Buc-ee’s,” the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
"In cases I've handled, suspects often argue that they genuinely intended to marry and live a good life but realised they were incompatible, had conflicts, and decided to end the relationship," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
If only “HOTD” had put as much effort into honing its characters’ internal battles as it did depicting bloody conflicts across Westeros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
I was beginning to have conflicts about eating animals.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Part of their unofficial relationship homework involves field missions that spark heated conversations about masculine insecurity and Diarra’s conflicted desires about motherhood.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Voters also are free to fire any politician they regard, fairly or not, as conflicted or distracted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Lando Norris is conflicted - up to a point, anyway.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
And as dramatists, they’re uniquely positioned to appreciate the conflicted loyalties and communal tensions of American life in dramatic rather than dogmatic terms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
I’m a little conflicted, since I’m against the idea of everybody worshipping the so-called cool crowd.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
It fell apart within a week, predictably, as the two sides acted on conflicting interpretations of its central provisions.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
While the information out there can be conflicting and confusing, I’ll dig up answers and advice you can trust through rigorous research and reporting.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
At times, the judge overseeing the dispute has seemed at a loss amid sharply conflicting narratives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
There are conflicting accounts of the sequence of events in the northern village of Tal.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He was disturbed by the conflicting images he had of the Farm Patrol.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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