conflict
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Over recent meetings, Pill has voted against the majority and in favor of a rate rise, arguing that policymakers couldn’t afford to wait for clarity on the duration and impact of the conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Vietnam held funeral rites for more than 700 of its war dead on Wednesday, unearthed in a major push to identify those missing from decades of conflict with France and the United States.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The bill seeks to deal with the unresolved legacy of the decades-long violent conflict.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
A male student who appears to be the other person involved in the conflict is rapidly approaching when Xavier vaults over the railing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Passed to keep the United States from getting entangled in another world conflict, the acts forbade Americans to help other countries that were at war.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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"The erosion of the forest, both in size and in number of species, reduces the space available for communities and fuels conflicts," the lawyer added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Asian currencies consolidated against the dollar, but may be weighed by safe-haven demand for the greenback amid the conflicts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The conflicts are raw and unresolved, and Churchill forces theatergoers to make up their own minds about the characters’ furious dialect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Read the risk disclosures, projected returns, debt terms, assumptions, fees and conflicts of interest carefully — and pay attention to how long your $350,000 is locked up.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Many homes in Uvira had been left empty by families fleeing the conflicts that plagued the area.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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As she unpacks her bags, she is clearly conflicted.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The author himself was conflicted about her, writing Cathy as a dangerous beauty incapable of empathy in his book, yet expressing how dear she was to him in letters to his editor, Pascal Covici.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
My fellow leadership texted me that although I was “entitled” to my “personal views,” the essay conflicted with DSP’s values.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Activity that conflicted between the two brain regions quickly disappeared, while activity shared by both areas lasted longer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Ahmaad was conflicted, though, because while he liked and trusted Zeitoun and wanted to help, he was hoping this friend of Yuko’s might be a match for another friend of his.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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The boardroom tussle has increasingly spilled into the public domain, with Tata Sons and Trusts clashing through legal notices and conflicting statements.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The family received conflicting information from hospital staff, Alejandra said, with one doctor telling them that Magaña’s injuries were consistent with a fall, while another said he had likely been asphyxiated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
The contrasting results could help explain why earlier studies examining the brains of people with depression have sometimes reached conflicting conclusions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
The geopolitics of the Horn of Africa are fiendishly complex, with shifting alliances and the involvement of many outside actors with conflicting interests.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
I felt a hundred conflicting things, the great bulk of which canceled out to equal cold and tired and not particularly interested in talking.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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