controversial
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“Fjord” is based on a controversial real-life 2015 case in which Norway’s child protective services sought to separate a couple from their five children on charges that the parents hit them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Jupp is a former deputy editor of BBC Two's Newsnight and has also served as Panorama's editor, but left several years before the controversial Trump episode aired.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
EA's three big causes today are global poverty, factory-farmed animals and "the most controversial one -- global catastrophic risk," said Richard Chappell, a professor at University of Miami and an EA proponent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Similar feelings linger for another controversial maneuver, in which Koch opted to replace the vessel’s tactician, J.J.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
I’d evidently said something controversial in a speech I’d given at a theater in Milwaukee a few hours earlier.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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