fractious

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Polling from the fractious summer of 2024 for the research group More In Common suggested that only 18% of voters overall believed the police treat ethnic minorities more favourably than white people.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Washington and Kyiv, where relations have been fractious since the start of President Trump’s second term, have been negotiating a drone manufacturing deal since at least September, according to previous U.S. statements.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

For now, AI spending and a fractious Fed likely aren’t enough to halt the rally, but don’t discount a clash between the two in future.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Bruce Meyer, the current executive director of the players association, puts the union’s fractious history with the owners at the center of his communications with players.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

She then peeped round to where I sat; so stern a neighbour was too restrictive: to him, in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë