Sentence examples for divisive contest from inspiring English sources

A new leader acclaimed by all, without the need for a divisive contest.

The most divisive contest this time concerns issues that divide some rich and poor nations.

Conversations with voters across South Carolina reveal that the Republican primary tomorrow is a close, divisive contest and that the outcome will hinge on the turnout.

Although the constitution bars people who took part in military coups from becoming president, few doubt that, if he was chosen as the FRG candidate, he would be allowed to run.That would make for a damagingly divisive contest.

Yukiya Amano, currently director general, was elected in 2009 by a very narrow margin after a divisive contest in which Amano was widely perceived as being the west's candidate.

A day after Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean urged the candidates to end the race by July 1, Clinton defied that call by declaring that she will take her campaign all the way to the Aug. 25-28 convention if necessary, potentially setting up the prolonged and divisive contest that party leaders are increasingly anxious to avoid.

Even bitterly divisive contests can have a benefit if they allow the ventilation and thrashing out of differences as a step towards resolving them.

In South Carolina, Nikki Haley moved closer to becoming the first female governor of South Carolina as she strongly outpaced three Republican primary rivals in one of the nation's most divisive contests.

But the solutions and the eventual sanctions would all be inspired by Latin America, guaranteed and headed by Latin America; the United States would be spared the divisive contests, the debasing rhetoric, the ignorance in high places that have seriously damaged it during these past few weeks.

While the circumstances of 2016 will be different from 1992 and 2012, another divisive Republican contest will probably only benefit the Democrats, and be a potential tipping point, in a very tight election contest.

I argued against plunging ourselves into a bitter and divisive leadership contest.