dissension

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In meetings with staff this spring, a State Department manager told analysts that their continued dissension was damaging INR’s credibility among administration officials, according to two people familiar with the meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Still, there is little doubt that this could cause delays and dissension — which is part of the plan.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2024

As dissension at home contributes to the humiliating loss of territory in France, the fight over the throne he shakily occupies exponentially intensifies.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024

Off the track, there is dissension throughout the paddock as multiple team owners are growing restless with Penske Entertainment’s management of the series.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2024

They, too, built an empire, which fell amid internal dissension in about 1200 a.d.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann