dispute
Example Sentences
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It relates to an increasingly bitter dispute between the Vermont-based activist ice cream maker and its owner over the independence of the board and its freedom to pursue its social missions.
From BBC
Scotland's resident doctors are to go on strike in a dispute over pay - the first time a national walkout has been staged by NHS workers.
From BBC
Other chapters, however, seem more peripheral, such as those that give blow-by-blow accounts of Russian-Qing diplomacy over the disputed Amur region far to the east of Mongolia.
Today the dictionary disputes seem to have largely fizzled out, the pitched battles over lexicography having succumbed to a weary war of consumerist attrition.
The onstage dispute between Shapiro and Carlson startled some in the audience, who said it was unexpected, given Kirk’s skill in bringing disparate voices from politics and online media together at his events.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
