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conflict

[kuhn-flikt, kon-flikt] / kənˈflɪkt, ˈkɒn flɪkt /




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The conflict, which lasted for 74 days between April to June 1982, led to the deaths of 649 Argentine and 255 British servicemen.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

This poignant exhibition at the University of Cambridge spotlights work made during or after violent conflict, ranging from World War I ‘trench art’ to artifacts from the current war in Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Co-author Kartik Shanker, Professor at CES, says the behavioral effects of lethal human activity could have implications for managing conflict between people and wildlife.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Fed officials might be willing to wait, however, to see if the Mideast conflict dies down and reduce the pressure in energy prices.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The new history of science, beginning with Kuhn, tried to ground these new ways of thinking in intellectual communities: the success of new ideas depended upon conflict and competition within and between communities of thinkers.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

But conflicts with the more traditional guard plagued his tenure.

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

Scheduling conflicts when the Dodgers played the Nationals in Washington on April 3-5 pushed back the trip.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

A survey by the charity found 73% of youth workers said they informally mentor children at risk, while 65% said they de-escalate conflicts and 55% said they tackle dangerous misinformation.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said all of Trump’s assets are “held in fully discretionary accounts managed by independent third-party financial institutions. There are no conflicts of interest.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Self-conscious writers are also apt to whinge about how what they’re about to do is so terribly difficult and complicated and controversial: What are intractable conflicts?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

"He actually looks physically contorted and conflicted," Dr Musgrove says.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

And as dramatists, they’re uniquely positioned to appreciate the conflicted loyalties and communal tensions of American life in dramatic rather than dogmatic terms.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Turning Robin Hood into a conflicted antihero suggests society has been infiltrated by cynicism about anyone being able to save us.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

However, she said many of the female characters she encountered in literature left her feeling conflicted about her own identity.

From BBC May 29, 2026

Each story generated more publicity, and Regina, while conflicted about her son’s prospects, tried to help Bobby by capitalizing on the attention.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The conflicting views have painted a murky picture of how AI will affect the job market.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

There have been cryptic and conflicting messages on the project's location for months, with Tanzania and the Kenyan port of Mombasa also mooted.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

There is a conflicting signal coming from one corner of the market, however.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

The family of flight passenger Daniel Alejandro Nunez, 28 - who'd also called his mother upon returning to Venezuela while still in state custody - was struggling to make sense of conflicting reports, too.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

He was disturbed by the conflicting images he had of the Farm Patrol.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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