controversial

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He attributed his controversial behaviour to a "manic episode" brought on by bipolar disorder.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his young daughter oversaw the test of a cluster bomb, a controversial weapon that Pyongyang had once denounced but now considers vital to its strategic-missile arsenal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Another, more controversial, idea is for the Fed to pay a lower interest rate on bank reserves above a certain threshold, Duffie said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Todd Gray, whose 27-foot-long photo sculpture “Octavia’s Gaze” graces the hallway near the building’s south entrance, chats with Wim Wenders, who is making a documentary about architect Peter Zumthor’s controversial new $724 million concrete behemoth.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

But my arrival was controversial, a bruising initiation.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz