divisive
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Farage, who helped persuade Britons to vote to leave the EU during a divisive referendum in 2016, was elected an MP on his eighth attempt during the July 2024 general election.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
“At the end of the day, we don’t want any type of deal that will be divisive in the community,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Thus, this shocking program was exploiting doctors and the trust inherent in their relationships with patients, and it was also divisive among the many hardworking physicians.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Two independent Australian MPs have banded together to launch a new centrist political party which they say is a response to an increasingly divisive landscape.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
A researcher I admire, Kelsey Kauffman, has written that “prisons are perhaps the most racially divisive institutions in America today.”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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