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bone of contention

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However, the embargo has failed to achieve that objective and has become a bone of contention between Washington and its neighbours in the region.

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Anthony Martial was a particular bone of contention.

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For many sub-postmasters, the continued employment of people who investigated them or were at the Post Office at the height of the scandal is a bone of contention.

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The post-World War II presence of U.S. troops, predominantly Marines, has long been a bone of contention between local and national officials.

Really don’t want to make this a weekly question, but it is a weekly bone of contention for the Rams.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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