conflicting

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Composed as Day’s star rose in real time, the song was a receptacle for all of her conflicting feelings about her newfound attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Oil edged higher and U.S. futures gained in volatile trade as investors weighed a fresh round of conflicting signals around the war in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“On the Iran conflict, it has been difficult to trade conflicting reports,” Chronert said in written commentary shared with MarketWatch on Friday.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 29, 2026

There are many narratives going around, and the one I find most interesting or conflicting is from the tech bears who say that AI is so powerful, it’s going to destroy all of software.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The finest astronomers and astrologers—Thomas Digges in England, Francesco Maurolico in Italy, Tadeàš Hàjek in Prague—racked their brains in an attempt to work out what this might portend and hastened to publish their conflicting conclusions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton