Sentence examples for contentious feud from inspiring English sources

Now, separated by nearly 5,000 miles, the Chicago Fire and the Red Bulls, who are training in Salzburg, Austria, have rekindled what is quickly developing into a contentious feud off, and perhaps on, the field.

RULES OF THE GAME The latest buzz in international gymnastics is over the new scoring system, implemented after the 2004 Athens Games, when the American Paul Hamm's narrow victory over South Korea's Kim Dae Eun (0.012 points — the closest finish ever) triggered a contentious feud among the judges.

REPUBLICANS For a while this year, it looked as if the Republican primary in Texas might have been the climax to the contentious intraparty feud.

REPUBLICANS For a while this year, it looked like the Republican primary in Texas might have been the climax to the contentious intraparty feud.

After a year of contentious infighting, bitter feuds and stalled legislation, President Obama has taken a new tack in his attempt to achieve bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, forcing face-to-face negotiations with his staunchest critics.

The feud has grown so contentious that the two sides were seeking to sign up each other's members in a dozen cities.

Now is not the time to address longstanding family feuds or any other contentious issues.

But their footing seemed far less certain with the contentious back-and-forth on Capitol Hill suddenly involving an internal Republican feud over the extension of a payroll tax break and jobless pay — especially at a time when Congress's approval ratings are far below those of the president.

The effort to end the feud Wednesday stood in marked contrast to nearly a year of contentious charges and countercharges surrounding the nonprofits and the union's refusal to release detailed records showing how in excess of $40 million had been spent over the last decade.

The result is a feud that has roiled the New York photo world, a small but deeply contentious and pressurized part of the city's economy.

The feud over the Islamic center highlights America's ability to peacefully debate a contentious religious issue, said a State Department spokesman, P. J. Crowley.