acrimonious dispute

collocation in English

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acrimonious
adjective
uk
/ˌæk.rɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/us
/ˌæk.rəˈmoʊ.ni.əs/
full of anger, arguments, and ...
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dispute
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈspjuːt/us
/dɪˈspjuːt/
an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a ...
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(Definition ofacrimoniousanddisputefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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None the less, a great deal ofacrimoniousdispute, at local borough level, could be avoided if we actually found out what we can measure.
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But his proposed mechanism, natural selection of small differences, was the subject of more or lessacrimoniousdispute, which still persists in some quarters.
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There has been anacrimoniousdisputebetween the industry and its critics about the recommendations agreed in 1979.
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But the moment it is treated as a matter of business, the grant of a pecuniary advantage is as likely to lead toacrimoniousdisputeas the reverse.
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If there isacrimoniousdisputeover ancillary provisions very early on in the divorce proceedings that will negate any prospect of progress through mediation or reconciliation.
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Anacrimoniousdisputeover the boundary lines between the two townships had started as far back as 1661.
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Their working relationship continued amicably up to 2000, but anacrimoniousdisputeerupted over legal ownership of the kingdom.
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There were, of course, a huge number of trials about very acrimonious disputes over division of property and children, and they will go on.
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Acrimonious disputes between councils, which are commissioning and paying for services, and independent providers, particularly of residential and nursing homes as well as domiciliary services, are not good.
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Family law proceedings which involve issues of residence and contact often generate the most acrimonious disputes.
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Severi did not accept that his arguments were inadequate, leading to some acrimonious disputes as to the status of some results.
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