Sentence examples similar to pretext for dispute from inspiring English sources

In 1969 the so-called 'Soccer War' broke out between El Salvador and Honduras when a World Cup qualifier gave a pretext for a dispute over land policy to be escalated into armed conflict.

Any provocation could easily become a pretext for renewed conflict.

(The pretext for the conflict is miners' need for work).

"Ukraine is Washington's pretext for a conflict with Russia.

Chinese media accused host and guest of "shallow tricks", specifically of using the South China Sea dispute "as a pretext for cementing an anachronistic security arrangement".

Increasingly, dissidents disputed Syria's pretext for remaining in Lebanon.

In September 1980 a long-standing border dispute served as a pretext for Iraqi Pres.

"The arrest and trial of human rights activists and lawyers – many of them women – on vaguely worded allegations is about the security forces perpetuating the climate of crisis that followed the 2009 presidential election, the outcome of which was disputed, and provides a pretext for the now year-long campaign targeting human rights groups, activists and lawyers," a statement said.

Over the past year the government has been locked in dispute with the university over a registration issue, which many have seen as a pretext for political pressure.

The border, according to this theory, was just a pretext for fighting over more serious issues.But, even in private, neither side admits to any serious disagreement beyond the border dispute.

The taboo was a pretext for extortion.