rancorous
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Rancorous debate over how or whether to restrict the westward spread of the peculiar institution had created bitter divisions within the two major political parties and spawned a third, the Free Soil Party.
From Slate • Sep. 14, 2012
Rancorous confrontations among government, business, labor and a thousand contentious factions could erupt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rancorous, guttural cries burst out loudly on their ears, and a strange panting sound, the working of all these straining breasts.
From Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph
Rancorous wranglings and debates pervaded Congress and the whole land.
From History of the United States, Volume 3 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin
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