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 ambitious commercial strategy eventually created friction on campuses, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
As the strange disturbances cause more friction between the couple, they decide to call in a medium whose podcast Lou has been listening to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
He was also quite kind to Miss Trixie; there was hardly any friction in the office.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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 fines come just days before the first anniversary of a tariff deal struck between Washington and Brussels that eased trade frictions.
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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