acrimony

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But too often, they have descended into acrimony as companies and governments argued over specs or who would get the bulk of the contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

But the episode confirmed that this South African-born outsider has become a force in Trump's Washington, outlasting his friend Elon Musk, whose White House career ended in acrimony after less than six months.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

He too left amid acrimony with county officials.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

He later returned to the riff on Oasis at the end of his speech, remarking on the band's sell-out reunion tour after 16 years of acrimony between frontman Liam Gallagher and his guitarist brother Noel.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Fox merely tried in reply to keep Pitt at bay, so he said little of the treaties, but seems to have attacked his rival with some acrimony.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose