clashes

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Hancock Whitney Financial Planning advises people to appoint a corporate executor in order to avoid familial clashes when dealing with sensitive issues like the one you are currently navigating.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

But there were no serious clashes between protesters on the different marches.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Mexican soldiers largely avoided clashes with powerful organized crime groups, which grew in geographical reach, power and economic penetration.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The clashes in the Strait of Hormuz were not part of the original war, he said.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

The clashes over zero were the battles that shook the foundations of philosophy, of science, of mathematics, and of religion.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife