strife
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It was important that Misty be seen as someone who is in fact immensely talented, who may even be worth all the bother and strife that she brings along with her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
A California appeals court this week sided with the producers of the controversial “Quiet on Set” docuseries after years of legal strife with subject and ex-Nickelodeon TV producer Dan Schneider.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
With sectional strife threatening Civil War, the artist was surely fretting over the tension between freedom and slavery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
In a separate statement, Berri emphasised "the need to avoid internal strife in Lebanon and to make every effort to preserve and maintain stability and civil peace".
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Though the ways of the College of Lucidity were strange to the world and the habits of its academicians eccentric, they were familiar to me; and I traded them now for uncertainty and strife.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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