faction fight
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Unbelievers have an interest in this religious faction fight, if only because so much social policy revolves around sex and its consequences.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few days later a similar faction fight took place on the other side of the bridge, in the Piazza Frescobaldi, on the occasion of a lady's funeral.
From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.
And no man knew so well as did Sir Timothy how to elevate a simple legislative attempt into a good faction fight.
From The Duke's Children by Trollope, Anthony
The Committee of Public Safety, already tuned to its higher duties and viewing the faction fight of the assembly with some slight degree of detachment, steered a middle and politic course.
From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)
This proclamation was pulled down by the police, but people seemed to expect a faction fight.
From The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland by McDougall, Margaret Moran Dixon
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