friction
Example Sentences
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China, which calls them the Diaoyu islands, routinely sends coast-guard ships into the waters around them to assert its claim, a source of friction with Tokyo.
But that same intensity can create friction in Washington.
From Barron's
Instead, it can be produced endlessly through mechanical friction.
From Science Daily
Also, frictions between China and Japan remain elevated and risks in Eastern Europe continue to increase, the financial markets strategist adds.
The myth imagines a benevolent planner; the reality looks much closer to a second-best market riddled with information frictions.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
