polemic
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We care about his long-ago polemic because of the ideas he embedded in it and the force with which he expressed them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Rather than slide into polemic or tragic melodrama, Nguyen leans into the tension between the four half-siblings to unpack the complicated roles that surveillance, big tech and journalism play in our fractured modern state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
This usefully allows the material to be less of a period piece — because, happily for Sister Helen, her polemic is somewhat dated.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
The term Britpop was coined by journalist Stuart Maconie in a long polemic about the state of guitar music in the April 1993 issue of Select magazine.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2023
Bobby wanted the film to be a polemic,, not a biography—and he certainly didn’t want it to be about his bodyguard.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
"A Kingdom that counters polemics and resignation through friendship and a culture of encounter. Let us believe once again in love, moderation and good politics."
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
What Mr. Restall means is that the great explorer is still at the center of a swarm of unresolved polemics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Apart from fierce polemics, the election has generated widespread confusion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
One of the more recent and ballyhooed polemics against Roosevelt was "The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression," a 2007 bestseller by Amity Shlaes.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2023
Prison conditions have a way of tempering polemics, and making individuals see more what unites them than what divides them.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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