Sentence examples for ferocious debate over from inspiring English sources

The president of Chick-fil-A, Dan T. Cathy, has stirred ferocious debate over his opposition to same-sex marriage.

"Within China there is a ferocious debate over the sustainability of this investment-driven growth," Mr. Pettis said.

Ms. Davis' imprisonment sparked a ferocious debate over religious liberty and equality, with many Republican politicians siding with Ms. Davis, who is a Democrat.

Miraculously, Gabrielle Giffords seems likely to survive – but the attack has provoked a ferocious debate over whether Jared Loughner, the alleged perpetrator, had taken the overheated hit-list rhetoric of the right at face value when he went after her.

In a ferocious debate over the efficacy of film incentives — advocates say they create employment, while critics say they are inefficient and merely shuffle jobs around — New Jersey has been on the front line.

Within hours of them being taken, photographs portraying three-year-old Alan lying dead on the beach had sparked renewed and ferocious debate over Europe's response to its migration crisis and the casualties of war.

In many ways the statements by Mr. Chirac and Mr. Schröder reprised the ferocious debates over Iraq that took place in the months leading to the American-led war to overthrow the government of Saddam Hussein.

There are ferocious debates today over health care, climate change, education policy, the budget and America's long term fiscal position, over Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine, Iran, China, and economic policy.

England was the center of a ferocious debate in the news media over its unadventurous kick-first style of play.

A ferocious debate has erupted in Germany over the handling of mass sexual assaults and muggings carried out by groups of young males during New Year's Eve celebrations in Cologne, amid accusations of a police and media cover-up over fears of whipping up anti-foreigner sentiment in the wake of the migrant crisis.

A ferocious debate erupted in Germany this month over the handling of mass sexual assaults and muggings carried out by groups of young males during New Year's Eve celebrations in Cologne.