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dispute

[dih-spyoot] / dɪˈspyut /




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The bridge, named after the Canadian hockey star who led the Detroit Red Wings to Stanley Cup championships in the 1950s, has become a flashpoint in the at-times bitter trade dispute between the countries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

For all his talk of how draining the job is - and that much is beyond dispute - he clearly basks in it.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The question of whether the U.S. government could use Anthropic’s AI for all lawful purposes is at the core of the company’s ongoing legal dispute with the Defense Department.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In the wake of that dispute, the Pentagon severed its contracts with the company, whose AI tools had been the only ones to hold defense security clearance.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The second provided proof that atoms do indeed exist–a fact that had, surprisingly, been in some dispute.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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