divisive

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As Robert Frost might have put it: Something there is that doesn’t love a statue of a divisive leader.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

His decision to combine his Northern Ireland job with Blackburn Rovers was divisive among supporters and media, but he was adamant taking on the job would not impact the World Cup play-off.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

While he is among the best-known opposition figures outside Iran, he remains divisive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

The group most recently reissued its pivotal, if divisive, 1996 album “Load” in a gigantic box set last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

The incompatibility of these two foundings is reflected in the divisive character of the scholarship on the latter.

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