divisive
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The most divisive issue regarding Sophie Cunningham and women’s basketball is men in the WNBA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Created in the 1970s by a vote of the people, the coastal commission has had to navigate some of the most high-profile and divisive battles in the state and has had no shortage of critics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
She added: "We have to move away from divisive politics, and we'll do it together."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
On the Aeolian islands of Alicudi, Filicudi, Panarea and Stromboli, a plan for four new desalination plants proposed by the local municipality is proving divisive.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The confluence of race and sex was a powerful force in dismantling Reconstruction after the Civil War, sustaining Jim Crow laws for a century and fueling divisive racial politics throughout the twentieth century.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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