tensions
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But elsewhere, China's soaring surpluses are increasingly stoking tensions with key trading partners, including the European Union and the United States.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
The tensions also provided material for Saturday night’s “SNL UK,” which spoofed Zelenskyy’s meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
Rodriguez sees those tensions as a consequence of a much larger and complex history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The first act, directed with cool precision by Ms. Kauffman, is terrific, as the tensions and frictions among the characters slowly build.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
That erected more dynamic intralinear tensions, he felt, and in just about every case left: a message far more universal.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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