conflict
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The US is also facing demand for its weapons beyond the conflict with Iran.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
German manufacturing orders unexpectedly jumped in June, a display of continued resilience amid high levels of uncertainty about the course of the conflict in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Von Ahlen says that the BoE’s agents survey shows firms’ pricing plans are “effectively unchanged” since the Iran conflict erupted earlier this year, while inflation expectations have eased across a broad range of measures.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
The conflict, which lasted for 74 days between April and June 1982, led to the deaths of 655 Argentine and 255 British servicemen.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
What if his country needed him to prevent some other armed conflict?
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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They are deals between entities with business or personal ties, including loans, sales and other transactions, that can have legitimate reasons but pose potential conflicts of interest and typically require extra scrutiny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Jackson Walker also agreed to implement certain changes to its conflicts screening and disclosure practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A former Spanish colony, Western Sahara - which is considered a "non-self-governing territory" by the UN - has been fought over for five decades in one of Africa's longest conflicts.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Common — and valid — reasons for declining include living far away, health issues, conflicts of interest and/or merely lacking the time or ability to manage the estate, the law firm adds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Despite all the resulting conflicts and contradictions, which remain with us still, it was the idea of discovery that made the new science, and the new set of intellectual values that underpinned it, possible.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Part of their unofficial relationship homework involves field missions that spark heated conversations about masculine insecurity and Diarra’s conflicted desires about motherhood.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
I’m conflicted — do I exclude her from my will?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Investors’ focus on tech earnings stems from their conflicted feelings about AI investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Lando Norris is conflicted - up to a point, anyway.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
I went to bed feeling utterly conflicted and, for the first time in years, I was scared for us.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Prior to Blanche's two posts on Sunday, Trump himself gave conflicting statements on the future of both the fund and his nomination of Blanche to be America's top law enforcement official.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
He also pointed to an earlier statement that noted that an initial version of New York’s AI measure would have forced companies to “navigate conflicting state and federal requirements.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Loneliness in single older people is real, and conflicting reports about which gender is more susceptible tell me nothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
They point to the company’s struggle to balance the conflicting demands of common shareholders, preferred stockholders and the broader bitcoin community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The mirror is a sea of conflicting emotions signified above all by the color scheme of her reflection.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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