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This suddenly made slavery a personal issue for Northern whites and “thrust the slavery debate back into newspapers and pulpits,” Ms. Aptowicz observes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Reflecting on the Commons debate, the Daily Express summarises Badenoch's critique of Burnham's "nationalisation drive".

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Her five-week trial, which was televised and featured more than 80 witnesses, has sparked debate in the United States over maternal mental health.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

Markey, though, hammered the issues where they did diverge—including the debate over transgender rights.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026

Fisher Ames of Massachusetts wondered out loud why the House had allowed itself to be drawn intoa debate over “abstract propositions” and now urged that the committee report be tabled.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

For Tamang, however, such debates are already too late.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

At the time, the union drew gasps of surprise and even disappointment from some feminists, who had spent years following Steinem's heated debates surrounding marriage laws.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Like all generational debates, to define what makes “millennial art,” we have to start with what it is not.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Such debates ultimately get settled in physical markets, where the oil is either available or it isn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

I had been a fair debater at Fort Hare, and in my early years in the organization I had engaged in many impassioned debates on the platform.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

It is one of 65 amendments to the same bill that was debated this week.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

For years, archaeologists have debated why some ancient Egyptian princesses were buried with weapons.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

The feat has been debated in the speedrunning community ever since.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Legal scholars have debated whether surrogates should pay legal damages if they fail to honor a contractual abortion provision, surrender payments remaining on the contract, or even pay back money they already received.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

I debated no longer, but made a dash up the hill, to the right of the pond, to reach the woods behind it before he turned the bend.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

"The speech arrives against a difficult policy backdrop. Inflation remains above target for a sixth consecutive year, while Fed officials have begun debating whether tighter policy may still be required."

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

At university, she was involved in the debating society and now realises that has prepared her for thinking on her feet.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Lore holds that the first docking contest arose from watermen debating their prowess.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Therefore, it is “the default connectivity partner” for customers debating between copper and fiber components, in his view.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

I could tell Mrs. Baylor was debating whether or not to drive through the red light.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English