contentious
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The Federal Reserve will release minutes Wednesday afternoon from an unusually divided and contentious April policy meeting.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
“We didn’t get that, so we don’t know what’s going on here,” Rogers said at a contentious committee hearing with top Army leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
But by the end of a hugely contentious and emotionally wrought night, one which ended with recriminations and angry words, the equation was much less favourable.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Wednesday’s vote came after Louisiana’s Senate held a contentious committee hearing where lawmakers considered four different maps, three of which eliminated at least one or both of the state’s Black-majority districts.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
The other image was of Ann Atwater: contentious, prideful, towering and immutable as a mountain.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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