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“Ireland made a bet on globalization and a world without conflict, essentially, and set itself up as a European hub for primarily American companies,” said Elisabeth Braw, senior fellow with the Atlantic Council.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The central bank enters the meeting with inflation still above its 2% objective, a resilient labor market and energy prices that have been pushed higher by the prolonged Middle East conflict.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Senior military leaders have previously said they planned to boost military capabilities in space, citing Russian and Chinese programmes developing ways to attack and disrupt US satellites in a future conflict.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

That arrangement was initially understood by most people involved, including the British government, as a temporary expedient to avoid ethnic and religious conflict.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

He should have been thrilled with the invitation, but he faced a conflict, and thus was forced to puzzle out what to do.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

That foresees a world of disrupted trade through tariffs and conflicts over chokepoints, more costly onshoring and less immigration, while political systems test the limits of spending to fund their militaries.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Meanwhile, he said, diesel supplies are tight because of refinery outages following conflicts in the Middle East and Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Some have fled conflicts or economic hardship at home, while others have moved to Kenya in search of better opportunities.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global trade turbulence and energy security, will dominate the two-day meeting of the 11-nation bloc.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

I was beginning to have conflicts about eating animals.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Photo make-believe: I’m conflicted about the new suite of Apple Intelligence photo-editing tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

"I am deeply conflicted, truly torn. I am free, yet in reality, I am not," the pastor told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

And now 30 years on, McDonald appeared conflicted over breaking that street code.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The lightning-quick sale of the Lakers to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner comes as Mark Walter faces federal probes into allegedly conflicted insurance loans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

He was conflicted, I could tell, but he didn’t follow me.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

Born at home, she was never really sure of her birth date, and has written conflicting ones on forms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Americans are hearing conflicting messages about vaccines right now, and it’s understandable that people are asking whom they should trust,” Dr. Bruce Gellin of the Vaccine Integrity Project told NPR.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

His mother Debbie Adlam told BBC Breakfast earlier this month she was in "turmoil" following conflicting reports about whether the killers would be released, describing the handling of the situation as a "hash".

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

A payable-on-death or beneficiary designation trumps a conflicting provision in the will.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

I’ve heard conflicting accounts of why Shawn fell.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover