Sentence examples similar to a contentious confrontation from inspiring English sources

The Uighur detainees have been at the center of a contentious legal confrontation that drew wide attention with a ruling from Judge Ricardo M. Urbina, on Oct. 7, directing that they be freed in Washington, D.C.

Harvick has a contentious body of work in the Chase involving physical confrontations.

Tanaka accuses Britain of throwing away the empire "with both hands"; this would have been a contentious situation for Fleming, as he wrote the novel as the Indonesia Malaysia confrontation was breaking out in December 1962, a direct challenge to British interests in the region.

For their part, Turkey and Brazil had reached a contentious deal with Iran last month on an exchange of nuclear fuel that they hoped would avert a worsening confrontation with Tehran.

Water remains a contentious subject.

Patterson is a contentious victor.

MOSCOW — Russian prosecutors said Tuesday that 215 nongovernmental organizations had violated a contentious new Russian law that requires them to register as "foreign agents," potentially setting the stage for a new wave of legal confrontations.

This winter, a contentious budget season looms.

THE Japanese cabinet is a contentious lot.

This is a contentious point.

But it is still a contentious one.