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controversial

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It’s simply one of the most controversial stocks on Wall Street.

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But the district also acknowledged that some of the materials created by outside groups violated the district’s policy on teaching controversial subjects and cast Palestinians as victims and Israelis as oppressors.

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It's a stark messaging shift for Greene, who has previously been accused of stoking political divisions by promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories and elevating controversial posts on social media.

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Brazil has also promised a four-fold increase in the use of biofuels, which can be controversial, by 2035.

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Maybe it was harking back to the rivalry between their fathers, who fought a controversial draw in their second and final meeting in 1993.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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