conflict
Example Sentences
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The brain’s conflict detector, the anterior cingulate cortex, activates in uncertainty.
From MarketWatch
Lebanese of all religions have emigrated in recent decades because of civil war, economic crises and periodic conflicts with Israel.
Thompson, who takes his stage name from his wartime submachine gun, rose to fame during the bloody conflicts that tore Yugoslavia apart in the 1990s.
From Barron's
For a man known for being measured and careful in what he does, it seems quite the statement to land in a country so affected by conflict in what is his first foreign trip.
From BBC
They have been broken again and again by this conflict and have no idea what will come next.
From BBC
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