friction
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That conclusion reportedly caused friction with FBI leadership.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
By contesting the decision, you might have supplanted positive memories with ill will and friction.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
A question about immigration, potentially a point of friction, came and went without incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Coplan wanted any potential friction for users gone, even though the app was still in beta testing and had launched to only a limited number of users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
It was hard and cool as one would expect of metal in the shade, and his skin slipped right over it without any kind of friction.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
On the one hand, the high rates may be the result of temporary supply-chain frictions and energy insecurity.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The book explores the performance of niceness, class, intergenerational frictions and how technology makes vengeance not just possible but almost exceedingly easy in the modern age.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The EU and the United States agreed this year to address frictions linked to the bloc's digital rules through talks, but they have yet to begin.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
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
Psychically, it was a rabbit hole, a midden, hot with the frictions of tightly packed life, reeking with emotion.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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