fractious

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Bruce Meyer, the current executive director of the players association, puts the union’s fractious history with the owners at the center of his communications with players.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

As a Shiite-majority nation, Iran has long held fractious and even hostile relationships with Sunni jihadist actors.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Marseille scored in the opening minutes of each half to book a place in the quarter-finals of the French Cup with a scrappy, at times fractious, 3-0 victory over visiting Rennes on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

The maneuverings of larger powers in our fractious world would likely make a mockery of their claimed autonomy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The more his back ached and his muscle dissolved into fat and the fat melted off his bones, the more fractious he became with Janie.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston