as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
there was friction between the two sides of the family
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Recent Examples of friction
Fiction is always created by the friction between characters that do something that can be ethically, socially, or politically wrong.
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2024
Since taking office in 2022, Yoon has had near-constant friction with the Democratic Party, which introduced motions to impeach some of his top officials and launched a political offensive over scandals involving Yoon and his wife.
—Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The incident during practice is not an isolated case of on-track friction for Gragson.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
These billionaires say that government is the problem and removing regulations and other points of federal friction would lead to lower inflation with much higher economic growth.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2024
Since taking office in 2022, Yoon has had near-constant friction with the Democratic Party, which introduced motions to impeach some of his top officials and launched a political offensive over scandals involving Yoon and his wife.
—Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The incident during practice is not an isolated case of on-track friction for Gragson.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
These billionaires say that government is the problem and removing regulations and other points of federal friction would lead to lower inflation with much higher economic growth.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friction
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However, Barnier's austerity plan—which includes €40 billion ($42 billion) in spending cuts and €20 billion ($21 billion) in new taxes—has heightened tensions, fueling discord in the National Assembly and precipitating the current political crisis.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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This internal discord is music to Kitson’s ears, whose goal is to have Irish Republicans murder each other.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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While a tie in a national election might cause a constitutional meltdown — and who knows what kind of civil strife — the officials of this small town north of Eureka had a simple solution: pick a name from a box.Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Argentina’s retirees are perhaps the most potent symbol of the strife inflicted by Mr. Milei’s fiscal shock.Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
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Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame were set to meet Sunday in Angola, which has been mediating the conflict to put an end to a decades-long conflict in eastern Congo between the Congolese army and M23 rebel group, which is allegedly backed by Rwanda.Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Having finished up the Eras Tour on December 8, Swift does not appear to have any scheduling conflicts that would keep her from attending today's game in Cleveland, Ohio.Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2024
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Unlike their countrymen in the contemporary tropicalia movement (Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes), the Minas Gerais musicians favored languid drift and golden melody over genre-busting and discordance, and Lo Borges is as good an album as the moment produced.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
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The lengthy obituaries detailed my career accomplishments and deep ties to family and friends with the uncanny discordance of an AI bot.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
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Presidents have tapped the stockpile to calm oil markets during war or when hurricanes hit oil infrastructure along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Lisa Pauline Mattackal, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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There’s little that Russia’s central bank can do to tackle inflation— and the ruble’s deterioration — while the war continues, according to analysts Alexandra Prokopenko and Alexander Kolyandr.Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
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To arrive at this integration, however, he must be stripped, like Voss, of his own pretensions and the schisms within his self.Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
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Attending the new pope is a revelation that really could throw the church into open schism.Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
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Russia’s war on Ukraine Russia, in their war against Ukraine, has been manipulating information and spreading disinformation online as a means of information warfare, including by the use of AI and deepfake.Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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In Wednesday’s attack, according to Moscow, Russian air defenses shot down two of the missiles, while electronic warfare equipment deflected the others.Sophie Tanno, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Last year, the city toughened its national security law, and vocal political dissent has largely been silenced.Katie Tam and Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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And the source of the dissent should come as no surprise.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Friction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friction. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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