conflict
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Although a completely 'fair' electoral system may not exist, the researchers argue that countries can still manage the conflict between regional representation, proportionality, and parliamentary size more effectively.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
The five-month-old conflict has spread well beyond the Persian Gulf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
US embassies in capitals across the Middle East on Saturday warned their citizens to beware of "unforeseen escalation" in the regional conflict and urged them to be ready to leave.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
"The Kremlin has maintained steady military support since the conflict entered a new phase on 25 April by bringing in fresh forces, weapons, and equipment," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Pain, shame, ire, impatience, disgust, detestation, seemed momentarily to hold a quivering conflict in the large pupil dilating under his ebon eyebrow.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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"History has had its conflicts, but we should not carry those burdens forever. We should enjoy life".
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Related party transactions made by insurers are required to be reported to limit conflicts of interest and protect policyholders, who have an interest in the financial strength of their insurers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The BBC's North America editor Sarah Smith previews the visit and explains the late senator's remarkable influence on the two conflicts.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Such related-party transactions must be disclosed to insurance regulators, a rule meant to limit conflicts of interest and protect policyholders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The Night’s Watch was sworn to take no side in the quarrels and conflicts pf the realm.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Part of their unofficial relationship homework involves field missions that spark heated conversations about masculine insecurity and Diarra’s conflicted desires about motherhood.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
And as dramatists, they’re uniquely positioned to appreciate the conflicted loyalties and communal tensions of American life in dramatic rather than dogmatic terms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Turning Robin Hood into a conflicted antihero suggests society has been infiltrated by cynicism about anyone being able to save us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
As a historian who had come across the Church of England's links to slavery as a student, for many years Mallett had long been conflicted about associating with the institution.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
I’m a little conflicted, since I’m against the idea of everybody worshipping the so-called cool crowd.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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He also pointed to an earlier statement that noted that an initial version of New York’s AI measure would have forced companies to “navigate conflicting state and federal requirements.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Deal critic Alvaro Bedoya, a former Federal Trade Commission member who is now a senior adviser at the American Economic Liberties Project, offered a conflicting view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
That conflicting evidence has made its overall effect on cancer difficult to pin down.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump - who has been hired by the family - said there have been conflicting witness statements.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The upshot is that physics had two theories, based on conflicting premises, that produced the same results.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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