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Their bonds become solid and even unshakable, no matter what strife they face.

From Vox

They kicked off the new season with a serious reflection on internal strife at the Times, grappling with their own feelings about the “N Word.”

From Time

They’re amazed that Americans fought in the Spanish Civil War as part of the International Brigades and that poetry appeared in radical journals in the midst of the strife.

Then imagine being shocked at the strife and hostility that results.

That sense of abandon and determination guarantees that the next era of social strife might once again find Gang of Four as its soundtrack.

Left and right think the way to address racial strife is through policy.

There were stories of distant strife, in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Northern Ireland, and those stories had the whiff of a different era.

Sectarian strife now empowers the civil wars in Syria, Iraq and Yemen and Al Qaedaism flourishes in the chaos.

With so many areas for potential strife, none of the past five Home Secretaries lasted more than two years in the job.

After all, the biggest names in the art world have cultivated their craft through heartbreak and emotional strife.

Never would the instance that had brought turmoil and strife into his life trouble him again.

Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth?

The utmost circumspection became necessary, and the young preacher had to bear up against much strife and opposition.

Midway down the page was more about the threatened strife in the numbers racket.

It shocked me greatly, she said; but perhaps the old man is happier in a world far from strife and care.

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On this page you'll find 113 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to strife, such as: animosity, bickering, clash, conflict, controversy, and disagreement.

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

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