in conflict

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District Judge Kathleen M. Williams ordered his personal attorneys and the DOJ to separately file motions explaining in their own words if they were in conflict with one another.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Indeed, chimps have been documented killing each other before, but usually one-off in events rather than in conflict between distinct groups that were formerly united.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

For those who are already in conflict, there is a need to spend more to replenish stocks or maintain machinery.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Péter Magyar defeated him because he carried a Hungarian flag to every rally, because he proclaimed an inclusive, less exclusive national message, and perhaps above all because Hungarians felt exhausted by being constantly in conflict.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

No one before 1939 thought of it as World War I, since we had no idea that only twenty years later the world would again erupt in conflict.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson