acrimony
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It is this backdrop, this history of acrimony, that elevates this encounter above those other semi-finals.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
And that remains his position, his representative said: Carvalho wants to avoid counterproductive acrimony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
"Chinese officials probably want to avoid any public display of acrimony with Trump," said Jean-Loup Samaan, senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
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
The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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