friction

In July, the U.S. declined to renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free-trade agreement in its current form, launching an annual review process and the latest round of friction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

But their efforts have been met with friction.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

While the network presents his presence as ideological friction, Jennings presents it as sober common sense.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

“Spa Weekend” is built around the same fearsome foursome ethos as shows like “Sex and the City” and “Girls,” with several different character types and lots of available friction between them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Clothes remained a subject of considerable friction, but the matter that threatened to affect Dad’s stability was jazz.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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

Europe and China will gauge whether trade frictions can be resolved through talks Monday when top EU trade official Maros Sefcovic hosts his Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao in Brussels for day-long discussions.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 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

As artificial intelligence makes life frictionless, we risk removing the very frictions that keep human beings healthy: effort, challenge, learning and forward motion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 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