bitter dispute

collocation in English

meaningsofbitteranddispute

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bitter
adjective
uk
/ˈbɪt.ər/us
/ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/
Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in ...
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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 ofbitteranddisputefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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An awkward andbitterdisputewas avoided because of the imposition of schedule 11.
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It has meant a continuation of the verybitterdisputewhich followed the protracted social workers strike of a little while ago.
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We continue to urge those involved to negotiate constructively to bring an end to their long andbitterdispute.
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However, his health has subsequently been badly damaged by what has been a long andbitterdispute, and by his feelings of injustice and victimisation.
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This has been a long andbitterdisputearound which many rumours have circulated.
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I only wish that they had shown ingenuity in ensuring that the truth in thisbitterdisputewas not allowed conveniently to be forgotten.
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That settlement followed abitterdisputein the road haulage industry when there had been strikes throughout the country.
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There has been a long andbitterdisputeand the issues still have to be resolved.
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On the other hand, there has been an absence of any ingenuity that might have brought thisbitterdisputeto an end.
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It was unnecessary to have got to that stage ofbitterdispute.
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Circumstances leading up to the proofs, as well as publication disagreements, led to abitterdisputebetween the two mathematicians.
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Obote was pronounced the winner amidbitterdisputeand allegations of electoral fraud.
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The actual number of casualties remains an object ofbitterdispute.
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Abitterdisputefollowed, and development stopped while new investment was found.
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He was immediately faced with trying to resolve abitterdisputebetween nurses and health service management.
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The two businesses spent most of the 1990s in abitterdispute.
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What happened next was the subject ofbitterdispute.
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After his release, he broke all ties with his former associates, and a prolonged,bitterdisputeensued.
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Thisbitterdisputeranged across substantive issues of the nature of evolution and methodological issues such as the value of the statistical method.
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A long history of bitter disputes and violence has led commentators to posit great di^erences between the peoples.
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