dispute
Example Sentences
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But Canberra has redoubled efforts to diversify export markets for farmers since a 2020 dispute with Beijing saw agriculture exports blocked for several years, and then last year's global imposition of US trade tariffs.
From Barron's
Campaigners accused the prime minister of indecision over the disputed amendment.
From BBC
It comes with financial risks, including damage to the home, or disputes with tenants that many home sellers never imagined they would encounter.
Postal Service, a relationship that has become rocky following a dispute over contract terms.
I know that sounds like a desperate postmodern gambit, but it pays hilarious and chilling dividends by turning episodes previously recounted only in disputed legal proceedings into confrontational Brechtian theater.
From Salon
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