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Since the show ended, divisively, in 2019, Mr. Coster-Waldau has focused mainly on small but ambitious projects including “Against the Ice.”

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Clearview is used extensively - though divisively - by law enforcement in America.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2022

There has always been tension around that nostalgia for series fans, going back as far as Return of the Jedi, and extending divisively into the 2000s prequel trilogy.

From The Verge • Dec. 12, 2017

A multiple Oscar winner as well as, somewhat divisively, the co-inventor of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg and his films have left an enormous footprint on moviemaking and pop culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2017

It skates by on Ritchie’s divisively kinetic filmmaking and the charisma of Hunnam’s reluctant hero.

From Washington Times • May 9, 2017