fractious
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She doesn’t disappoint: As Polly presides over a fractious Christmas gathering, she deftly slashes to ribbons her lovably flawed loved ones even as she flashes a mile-wide grin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
He also saw that giving Americans across the states a shared stake in federal bonds helped bind a fractious new country together.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
And I’m always grateful that I get a chance to do this and represent this big, fractious city with all these different people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Burnham takes over a fractured and fractious Labour Party, and the task of pulling it back together is enormous.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The Greeks were divided into numerous fractious communities, some of which were able to dominate others by threats of force, unequal alliance, or commerce.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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