faction
Example Sentences
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Likely between age 8 and 15, she was enslaved by an ethnic Maya faction in present-day Tabasco state, though it is unclear if she was kidnapped or sold.
From Los Angeles Times
Ours is a history in which New York robber barons used the promise of belonging to splinter the poor into factions and manipulate them into fighting among themselves during the Gilded Age.
From Los Angeles Times
The SDF had long shown fissures among the Kurdish, Arab and other factions that made up its force.
None of the top four members -- who by convention correspond to the four "pillars" of Vietnam's collective system of government -- are aligned with the military faction.
From Barron's
Sunday’s tenuous cease-fire followed a rapid offensive against the SDF, which collapsed as Arab factions flipped sides to join the government.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
