confliction
the act or state of conflicting or clashing; disagreement: Various records are in confliction as to exactly how the mighty warrior looked, but most agree that he stood head and shoulders above his fellow soldiers.
the state of being full of opposing or conflicting emotions or impulses: He would even run off and abandon his family in an instant to save a friend, though probably not without some guilt and confliction.
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“I question the fact that because this cocktail costs about $20 and remdesivir costs $3,000, that maybe there’s a little bias, maybe there’s a little conflict, maybe there’s a little agenda,” he said.
Senate holds hearing on hydroxychloroquine, despite no evidence it works against covid-19 | Marisa Iati | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostThe SEC portion of the bill echoes a provision in the Dodd-Frank Act that requires companies to notify the government if their products contain conflict minerals from the Congo.
Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China | Reed Albergotti | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostIt also attributed a crackdown on residents in the Niger Delta, after attacks on oil infrastructure in the region, to contributing towards conflict and exacerbating piracy.
Piracy is thriving off the coast of West Africa despite COVID nearly crushing global marine traffic | kdunn6 | November 20, 2020 | FortuneDon’t worry about time conflicts — all sessions are available live and on-demand.
Prices increase tonight for our space-focused event, TC Sessions: Space | Alexandra Ames | November 20, 2020 | TechCrunchSacrifices would need to be made and personality conflicts could arise, but the Nets wouldn’t require Harden to start over from scratch on a rebuilding team or to find a fit in an already established group.
NBA free agency tracker (plus trades): Warriors acquire Kelly Oubre; 76ers trade Al Horford to Thunder | Ben Golliver | November 20, 2020 | Washington Post
Well, I should judge you might divide up your affections on those two without any serious confliction of sentiments.
The Mystery of Evelin Delorme | Albert Bigelow PaineYet somewhere amid the mass of confliction there follows a thread of fact.
The Ship Dwellers | Albert Bigelow PaineBy reason of this one source of authority, there is, therefore, no confliction of creeds.
Life in a Thousand Worlds | William Shuler HarrisThere need be no such confliction, and a few words of explanation will, I think, be quite sufficient.
John Brown, Soldier of Fortune | Hill Peebles WilsonFor this is impossible in Paracosma; it is a confliction with the laws.
Pygmalion's Spectacles | Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
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