contentious

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A Freedom of Information request made by the campaigners at the Contentious Tax Group found there were more than 93,000 complaints made about the department in 2024-2025.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Contentious geopolitical issues are set to dominate the summit, and Citi analysts think it is plausible the meeting might accelerate a resolution of the Middle East conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Contentious Knesset oversight committee meetings detailed how dozens of unqualified people — including Ben Gvir’s personal staff appointees — had been granted temporary authority to approve gun license applications.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2024

Contentious false alarms and a muddy mix of corporate and academic interests have left researchers raw and bruised—even as they say they are on the cusp of a breakthrough.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 20, 2023

Base and side-shifting traitor! vex not me1055 Here sitting querulous; of all who dwell On the Olympian heights, thee most I hate Contentious, whose delight is war alone.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William