friction

Unlike previous Amazon debt deals, last week’s didn’t breeze through the market without friction.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Which brings me back to that ridiculously inconvenient ferry and what I call the friction theory of friendship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

It is produced not by misery, but by enough common friction to make conversation natural.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Sheinbaum's administration opened an investigation, still ongoing, into whether the presence of the agents represented a violation of national security laws, creating fresh diplomatic friction.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

My mom and Abuela loved each other so much, but there was always this kind of friction between them because they were so different.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

Sir Keir had wanted to seal a deal to row back many of the post-Brexit frictions on food and farm trade that have impacted the cross-Channel trade flows.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

The EU in recent years has tried to tackle the imbalance through higher tariffs and a wave of anti-subsidy probes in the clean tech sector, leading to increased trade frictions between Brussels and Beijing.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Chalk it up to the latest reminder that beyond the softer tone, the frictions that investors need to watch are still in place.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

The St. Louis Fed said that one Memphis-area manufacturer is shifting its budget toward automation, because “persistent hiring frictions make robotics and industrial AI the most reliable way to preserve throughput and quality.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

Through a posting on a school librarians’ Web site she sought out family reunions, where she imagined she would encounter interesting frictions between prosperous siblings and relatives still mired at the bottom.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times