controversy
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Zacharia held the position for less than a week, but generated considerable controversy in that short time.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
The terms of the controversy over higher education hardly changed for three or four decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Georgieva subsequently used the phrase “the nonhuman intellect” to avoid a linguistic controversy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The controversy is a self-inflicted wound Michaels could have easily avoided.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Peter Helm, Stephen Girard, Dr. Devèze, and all the nurses and attendants did their best to ignore the controversy and labored on.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Maher said the two high-profile controversies have distracted the conversation around the death penalty away from the fundamental question of whether the US should use capital punishment in the first place.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Dourif has never generated any significant controversies to our knowledge, but his appearance is notable because it contradicts his 2024 retirement announcement.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
But by the time Paxton had ascended through the state House and Senate to become attorney general in 2015, he was beginning to weather a series of controversies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Ironically, though, these pet peeves and controversies have only made that community stronger.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026
Their religious experience may have been turbulent and filled with controversies, reforms and revolutions.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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