friction
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One is mechanical stress, in which repeated contact with water droplets creates friction that slowly erodes a coating or causes pieces of it to peel away.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Gadi Eisenkot, a former military leader who is Netanyahu's main rival, may not make a major policy shift in the West Bank but would not want international friction, she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The show was born during a period of turbulence, with societal friction over the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the LGBTQ+ community and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Here are three numbers from newly released August trade data that shed light on a phenomenon that is fueling friction with trading partners over China’s growing trade imbalances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
They would have to live well together in close quarters for weeks at a time—traveling, eating, sleeping, and racing without internal friction among them.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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
Moreover, AstraZeneca would likely need to navigate the political aspect of the deal to reduce frictions, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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
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
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