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dispute

[dih-spyoot] / dɪˈspjut /




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Yet inside “Always” you can still hear traces of what amounted to a messy workplace dispute.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Canada is the U.S.’s second-largest trading partner, behind Mexico and ahead of China, making the escalating dispute particularly consequential for both economies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Even an extra one-tenth of a percentage of added inflation resulting from the dispute with Canada could make the Fed’s job harder.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Ford, whose Ontario province is home to Canada's auto manufacturing industry, is open to how far the dispute could go and said that an "energy surcharge is on the table".

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

One of Merton’s fundamental claims about science is that scientific knowledge is public knowledge—knowledge that has been made available for others to question, test and dispute.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The government disputes how much the policy is to blame.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Local term limit disputes are not uncommon and include recent ones in Long Beach and Beverly Hills.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

No one disputes the need for a substantial build-out of security infrastructure and a larger ballroom at the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Because of confidentiality provisions and the private nature of these disputes, there is plenty we don’t know about how common fights like this one are—or how they’re resolved.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Facts can provoke disputes as well as settling them.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The authority’s chief executive officer, Ian Choudri, disputed that and said the agency plans on reaching out to the city in the coming weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

His organisation, the Greater Kaziranga Land and Human Rights Protection Committee, disputed this, saying police used force against protesters and that Doley was not involved in the confrontation.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

David Wachsman, a spokesperson for World Liberty Financial, disputed the criticism, saying the preliminary approval is “great news for consumer and investor protection advocates and for the American financial services industry.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

This disputed imbalance could lead to a legal battle, and Arizona has already set aside several million dollars for potential lawsuits.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Within the year he ended the old feud, giving up half the disputed lands to the Domain, of Stok.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

In a settlement agreement reached last year, Conservice agreed to provide any California tenant disputing their bill with copies of invoices and formulas used to determine their specific charges.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

She details the exhausting effort of disputing her partner’s medical claims with insurance companies, which required her to navigate, in her words, “a stingy and Kafkaesque system of financial and social support.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Jolie later pushed back in her own court filings, disputing Pitt’s characterization of Shefler.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

We argued that the government shouldn’t be allowed to punish American citizens while forbidding them from publicly disputing the accusations, aside from grave matters of national security.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

Doctors were openly disputing every aspect of the fever, and the College of Physicians, which had promised to meet every Monday, had given up.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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