controversy with
Frequency: 6.05.8 per million words
a disagreement involving another person or group
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Examples (10)
- Her long-running controversy with fellow academics damaged her reputation.
- The company is embroiled in a major controversy with its shareholders over executive pay.
- The prime minister's ongoing controversy with the press has dominated headlines for weeks.
- He wanted to avoid any further controversy with his neighbors about the fence.
- Galileo's famous controversy with the Church is a classic example of the conflict between science and religion.
- The new policy will likely lead to a fresh controversy with the unions.
- How did the author's public controversy with his publisher eventually get resolved?
- Despite the bitter controversy with the regulatory agency, the drug was eventually approved.
- The artist's controversy with the museum board centered on issues of censorship.
- The team's heated controversy with the league officials over the new rules is still not settled.