"stark conflict" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a clear and intense disagreement or opposition between two or more parties. Example: The two political candidates were in stark conflict over their views on immigration. In this sentence, "stark conflict" expresses the strong and distinct contrast in opinions between the political candidates.
To put it bluntly, the basic business proposition is a stark conflict of purposes.
Yet in a stark conflict with black letter law, the state appellate court again ruled that Moore is not intellectually disabled and set him on course for execution.
The disaster threw a spotlight on skulduggery in the Railway Ministry, a fief of two million workers that owns the railways it regulates, a stark conflict of interest that experts have repeatedly criticized.
He blamed the first-past-the-post voting system, which tends to increase polarization between two large parties and exaggerate geographical divides, setting up stark conflict between sections of society.
The dam presents a stark conflict between the interests of urban and rural, between industrial and subsistence economies; and it crystallises Roy's own questions about progress - that the poorest are crushed in the pursuit of development.
The committee turned up what appeared to be a stark conflict between Mrs. Clinton's account of the shake-up and documents written by David Watkins, the senior White House aide who carried out the firings.
Most social enterprises don't face the stark conflicts described in the renewable energy project example either.
For some, reality now is Reality TV, the high fructose corn syrup of sociality, market-driven stories pre-packaged for consumption, and which depict human collectivities as impossible, necessarily riven by stark conflicts.
The irreconcilable views that the two parties hold on economics, public spending and the role of government could not have been in starker conflict.
"Which if true, is one of the starkest conflicts of interest I've ever seen".
Insolvency expert Roger Isaacs told the programme that if the emails demonstrated what they appeared to, it would amount to "one of the starkest conflicts of interest I've ever seen".
