contentious
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While Johnson’s elasticity as a performer is a bit more contentious, I’ve always found her choices fascinating — oscillating between rom-coms, superhero films and arthouse horror with the bat of a mascara’d eye.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mr. Gilbert recounts how he and another colleague at the production company struggled to revise Messrs. David and Seinfeld’s pilot script, a contentious process that satisfied no one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Establishing direct links between semiconductor work and certain cancers can be contentious, with research inconclusive.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Haass chaired all-party talks in Northern Ireland in 2013 aimed at resolving contentious issues, including parades.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
And yet these privileged protesters did not allow their actions in support of maintenance workers to be blurred by the other contentious issues of the day.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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