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Recent Examples of disunity But the church’s ability to confront these challenges is hindered by convention disunity and disagreement, Young said in a direct rebuke to controversy over the NBCUSA presidential election. Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2024 Trump has won but fighting and disunity do not need to also win. Alex Montoya, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025 Through Romania | Opinion U.S. Should Reject 'Just Peace' in Ukraine, and Just Seek Peace | Opinion Twilight of the Neocons—and What Should Come Next | Opinion Putin thrives on disunity. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 Eight years later, after the pandemic spread yet more disunity and QAnon spread conspiracy theories about what goes on inside Hollywood’s private corridors, mistrust of celebrities seems to be at a high. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for disunity
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Noun
  • Beyond the contributions of our honorees, we are all empowered to be peacemakers – to ease the discord and divisiveness in society today.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The party is racked by discord over its position on social issues – especially trans rights and, to an only slightly lesser degree, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • President Rodrigo Chaves Robles of Costa Rica, whose government has historically gone to great lengths to uphold itself as neutral in regional conflicts and strife, also allowed U.S. migrant flights to land in his country.
    Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The 1996 Met was a bit of a Diana 2.0 emergence—by December 1996, her contentious divorce from then-Prince Charles had been finalized for just over three months, following a four-year separation (and plenty of marital strife before that).
    Rachel Burchfield, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Through magnetic forces and friction, that material was ejected in powerful winds.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Additionally, credit card processing fees typically range between 1.5% and 3.5% per transaction, creating much unwanted friction.
    Raymond Qu, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There’s no evidence the roughly weeklong intel schism resulted in Russian missiles damaging any of Ukraine’s precious MiG.
    David Axe, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • There does not appear to be an end in sight to golf's great schism.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Space Force is also interested in responsive launch capabilities, in-orbit refueling, and most recently, offensive weapons that could take out an adversary's satellites during a conflict.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
  • North Korea has sent approximately 11,000 military personnel to fight alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine in its first involvement in a large-scale conflict since the 1950-53 Korean War.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Though ApoB may be the more accurate test—particularly for people with metabolic issues or others who may have discordance—there are some issues with the test in practice.
    Anuradha Varanasi, Health, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Sachs plays on the discordance between his naturalistic approach and the theatricality of the project with meta elements like a quick glimpse of the crew or posed shots of the actors occasionally punctuating the conversation, accompanied by blasts of Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The governing Liberals had appeared poised for a historic election defeat this year until Trump declared a trade war and challenged Canada’s sovereignty.
    Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
  • What to know about Defense Secretary amid leak of war plans The Associated Press reported in 2021 that 12 members of the National Guard were removed from Biden's swearing-in ceremony because of concerns about ties to extremist groups.
    James Powel, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The shift comes as China and Russia have ramped up displays of orbital warfare capabilities over the past few years.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Other training events for the four-day exercise include air defense, anti-submarine and surface warfare operations, maritime patrol, and replenishment at sea, which are designed to refine the tactical and operational capabilities of the French and Indian naval forces.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025

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