Sentence examples for contentious conflicts from inspiring English sources

That announcement did little more than fuel the St. Brigid dispute, already considered one of the longest-running and most contentious conflicts between diocese and flock in the country.

The SNP's 15,000-strong "defence force" would aid overseas peacekeeping and disaster relief operations, but would not be sent into contentious conflicts like the Iraq War.

Because of its strong relations with Syria and Iran, Russia is a potential player in several contentious conflicts.

The second and more contentious conflict with the mendicant friars involved Lefèvre.

Warriors who served in Vietnam often have a unique and difficult way of processing that contentious conflict, according to Tom Berger of the Vietnam Veterans of America.

With its subject matter of a divinely anointed home for Hebrews, it could be potentially be politically contentious as conflict in Israel and Palestine continues to roll on.

Findings indicated that the problem adolescents were less cooperative and more contentious in conflict situations with peers.

There is sufficient space in the United States to site large-scale renewable energy technologies, yet siting decisions are often highly contentious with conflicting land-use values.

However, management can be contentious and create conflicts, especially when stakeholders who benefit from alien species are different from those who incur costs.

Similar cases of contentious issues and conflicts of interest have been seen for other management approaches such as biological control.

"Defining Israel's borders would make the settlement issue -- one of the most contentious in this conflict -- moot," J Street explained in a statement.