faction
Example Sentences
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The paper said it was "of no party or faction" and boasted "a tinge of republicanism".
From BBC
Rival factions formed within the group, with battles for control culminating in the bizarre spectacle of DOGE’s top operational lead being fired and refusing to leave.
From Salon
It also aims to root out groups such as the Jenin Battalion, a loose alliance of fighters from different factions, including Fatah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
From Los Angeles Times
To Thucydides, Athenian democracy failed first to contain Sparta and then to contain its own weaknesses of faction and greed.
Some Palestinian factions in Ain al-Helweh handed over weapons in September, a Palestinian official said at the time, but Hamas has not announced plans to disarm in Lebanon.
From Barron's
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