friction
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"It's nothing other than two cultures do not align, and that's what's causing a lot of friction," Docherty says.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
It does this by reducing friction between your cartilage and joints.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The move led to friction and legal conflicts with local residents and advocacy groups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Over that time you also become like a married couple — there’s friction and you fight but that brings out a better product.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
After that, my memories are of the friction between my father and mother.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Sir Keir had wanted to seal a deal to row back many of the post-Brexit frictions on food and farm trade that have impacted the cross-Channel trade flows.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
There have been trade frictions between China and the EU for months.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Chalk it up to the latest reminder that beyond the softer tone, the frictions that investors need to watch are still in place.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
As artificial intelligence makes life frictionless, we risk removing the very frictions that keep human beings healthy: effort, challenge, learning and forward motion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Through a posting on a school librarians’ Web site she sought out family reunions, where she imagined she would encounter interesting frictions between prosperous siblings and relatives still mired at the bottom.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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