Using "fractious" in a sentence

Doting dad: Paul placed a tender arm around his daughters Stella (left) and Mary (right) Serious: They each shot a stern expression towards the cameras Daughter: Mary (right) placed an arm on Paul's chestThe director collated more than 60 hours of footage from Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 film Let It Be, documenting the band's fractious recording sessions for what would be their final album.
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With England’s attack misfiring all day while New Zealand were for the most part clinical, adding a third through Rieko Ioane, it took until the final 10 minutes for some encouragement for the fractious home fans.
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While Vettel and Webber would have a fractious relationship during their time working together at Red Bull years later, that relationship has become far more amicable in the decade since Webber’s retirement from F1 – helped considerably by Vettel’s own temperament calming as he became older and wiser.
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“Peter and I chose to helm DC Studios knowing we were coming into a fractious environment, both in the stories being told and in the audience itself and there would be an unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation and gaming,” Gunn tweeted Thursday.
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Mixed messages Everyone has perfect makeup and perfect bodies and you think: why isn’t that me? (13-year-old girl) The idea that online spaces can be fun, informative and uplifting but also fractious and divided has emerged time and again in my discussions with young people.
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The work stoppage — a way to simultaneously inflict short-term pain and convey solidarity for the proposition of longer-term action — is a measure of the fractious relationship between the paper's greatly expanded newsroom (now at 1,800 staffers) and its management.
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"Peter and I chose to helm DC Studios knowing we were coming into a fractious environment, both in the stories being told and in the audience itself.
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But Michelle Williams, as his mother, is the soul of this fractious family drama.
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But her ability to keep her fractious and often slim majority in the chamber together on key votes had few rivals.
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The one thing Poland’s fractious political parties can agree on, however, is the necessity of strengthening the military.
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As the geopolitical landscape becomes more fractious and the world continues on a path of rapid digital transformation, businesses are facing a greater, more complex set of cybersecurity challenges than ever before – and these are constantly evolving.
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American society is already fractious enough: interpersonal trust is sharply deteriorating as real-world social networks decline, and rising distrust in our institutions and media make consensus increasingly challenging.
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Photograph: Dave FreeBefore he even shared a single note of his fifth album Mr Morale and the Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar was priming the world for what would be a fractious comeback.
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The signature of a head of state is required to install any new government, but fractious political parties divided along sectarian lines have found no consensus on any candidate - a process that often takes many months.
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While at the time it looked like a major coup for Formula 1 in gaining both VW Group powerhouses Audi and Porsche for 2026, Red Bull and Porsche have really been spared a potentially fractious relationship.
Source: Autosport

The Eighties pop hegemony followed a deeply fractious period when the rockers hated the disco fans and the punks disdained both.
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But despite their relationship becoming increasingly fractious as Alonso headed out of the exit door, their collective efforts served the team well.
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Gunn and Safran knew they were setting into “a fractious environment both in the stories being told and in the audience itself.
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He says “Peter & I chose to helm DC Studios knowing we were coming into a fractious environment, both in the stories being told & in the audience itself & there would be an unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation, and gaming.
Source: Deadline

Whatever your interpretation of indie might be, it seems difficult to play a guitar in 2022 without channelling some of Bloc Party’s fractious energy, driven by the cyclic frustrations of the world.
Source: The Guardian

While at the time it looked like a major coup for Formula 1 in gaining both VW Group powerhouses Audi and Porsche for 2026, Red Bull and Porsche have really been spared a potentially fractious relationship.
Source: Autosport

Given the age bracket and the predominance of boys, it might be no surprise that the urban exploration subculture is a fractious one, full of group rivalries, competition and betrayal.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Following DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn tweeting about the “fractious environment” and “unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation, and gaming,” more details are starting to emerge about the decision.
Source: The A.V. Club

But her ability to keep her fractious and often slim majority in the chamber together on key votes had few rivals.
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While passing legislation will become a much more difficult endeavor for an ideologically fractious GOP Conference, House Republicans hope to immediately focus on some priorities that a majority of the conference agrees on early in its first term.
Source: The Washington Post

A founder member of Depeche Mode, Fletcher didn’t provide songwriting which was led by Martin Gore, but was seen as a key member of the group beyond his keyboard playing: someone who helped stabilise and champion the band even during fractious moments.
Source: The Guardian

In a fractious conference with a slim majority next year, some House Republicans have raised concerns about the relentless attacks on the FBI, especially after a Trump supporter tried to storm the Cincinnati field office in August.
Source: The Washington Post

And yet this hugely diverse squad arrived in Qatar after a fractious presidential election earlier in the year fought between the centrist Emmanuel Macron and the nationalist Marine Le Pen, a member of the National Assembly for Pas-de-Calais.
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McIlroy had a superb year as he made his way back up to the summit of the rankings - but he has been urged not to be distracted by the antics of LIV CEO Greg NormanMcIlroy has been urged to ignore LIV chief Norman's antics (Image: PA) Rory McIlroy has been urged to ignore the fractious antics of LIV Golf chief Greg Norman as he bids to end his Major drought in 2023.
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Peter & I chose to helm DC Studios knowing we were coming into a fractious environment, both in the stories being told & in the audience itself & there would be an unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation, and gaming.
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“Peter and I chose to helm DC Studios knowing we were coming into a fractious environment, both in the stories being told and in the audience itself and there would be an unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation, and gaming,” Gunn wrote in a Twitter thread published on Thursday.
Source: IndieWire

Advocates of an open, globally connected Internet long have worried that a major country or region would break away from the Web amid geopolitical strife, dashing hopes of a seamless network capable of uniting a fractious world.
Source: The Washington Post

While noting that Sabah BN chairman Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin had recently indicated unhappiness over the alleged sidelining of Sabah in the Cabinet line-up, Arnold said it was understandable why GRS was given lesser ministerial posts “as they are quite fractious politically”, and also viewed such Cabinet appointments as a way for Anwar to “recognise GRS’ aspiration of becoming an influential local bloc coming from Sabah”.
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In his wake Red Bull’s Verstappen and Pérez were enduring an altogether more fractious Sunday afternoon.
Source: The Guardian

And though the Soviet Union is gone, he stays in regular touch with fractious leaders of former republics.
Source: The Washington Post

"Following news earlier this week that the project was seemingly dead, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn took to Twitter to elaborate on the "fractious environment" and the "unavoidable transitional period as we move into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation, and gaming.
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Tool are also noted for their fractious relationship with the rest of the music industry.
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Phife recorded the verse just three days before his death, running through his history with A Tribe Called Quest — “four brothers with the mic and a dream” — and eschewing their fractious past in favor of an olive branch: “I love you muhfuckers, true spit, all facts/Deep in my soul, I believe what will be shall be/Requiem for a Tribe.
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A likable portrait of three young Finns chasing down their sexual and romantic awakenings with an emotional frankness that would be enviable in women twice their age, “Girl Picture” starts out on an atypically fractious note.
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   “Peter and I chose to helm DC Studios knowing we were coming into a fractious environment, both in the stories being told and in the audience itself and there would be an unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation and gaming,” Gunn wrote.
Source: Variety

“Peter and I chose to helm DC Studios knowing we were coming into a fractious environment, both in the stories being told and in the audience itself and there would be an unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation, and gaming,” Gunn wrote in a Twitter thread published on Thursday.
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While at the time it looked like a major coup for Formula 1 in gaining both VW Group powerhouses Audi and Porsche for 2026, Red Bull and Porsche have really been spared a potentially fractious relationship.
Source: Autosport

Gunn sought to ease agita today in a Twitter multi-post acknowledging “the fractious environment” he and Safran are walking into, saying “there would be an unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation, and gaming.
Source: Deadline

WHO IS THE LEADING CONTENDER TO BE THE NEXT SPEAKER?Kevin McCarthy, who had been the House Republican leader, has long sought the job and was blocked by a fractious group of far-right lawmakers during his last attempt in 2015.
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Her 1928 work “Actresses” hearkens back to the iconic 1594 nipple-pinch in “Gabrielle d’Estrées et une de ses soeurs,” while her 1991 work “Discussion on Abortion” channels an organic cubist energy to represent the fractious nature of the debate as divorced from the visceral reality of the experience.
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“Peter and I chose to helm DC Studios knowing we were coming into a fractious environment, both in the stories being told and in the audience itself and there would be an unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation, and gaming,” Gunn continued.
Source: IndieWire

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