controversial
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Rodgers used to make weekly appearances on McAfee’s show and would often use the platform to make controversial comments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
South Korean police have raided the national headquarters of Starbucks over defamation claims surrounding a controversial marketing campaign.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
New DNA analysis has revealed a remarkably complex biological record preserved on the Shroud of Turin, adding fresh detail to the history of one of the world's most closely examined and controversial historical artifacts.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
In 2013, Yu backed the opening of a controversial Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, telling The Times that, “Chinatown residents have been waiting for decades for a grocery store in that location.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
A controversial minority view is that of the linguist Joseph Greenberg, who groups all Native American languages other than Eskimo-Aleut and Na-Dene languages into a single large family, termed Amerind, with about a dozen subfamilies.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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