contentiously
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Bolton served during Trump's first administration but parted with the White House contentiously, and has become one of the president's most vocal public critics.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
I was 9 years old again, unaccompanied on an airplane somewhere above the continental U.S., being hurled between two contentiously divorced parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
They can and do exist together - usually peacefully but sometimes, particularly of late, contentiously.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
They can and do exist together — usually peacefully but sometimes, particularly of late, contentiously.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
"What is your suggestion?" demanded Whitney, rather contentiously.
From Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
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