territorial dispute

noun

: a disagreement about who controls a particular territory

The two countries are in a territorial dispute.

Examples of territorial dispute in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With its commercial oil production expected to start in 2028, Sea Lion has raised the stakes of a territorial dispute that led Britain and Argentina to a short and bloody war in 1982. — Sergio Farella, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

After rare earth shipments from China to Japan were disrupted amid a 2010 territorial dispute, Tokyo treated the episode as a lasting lesson in supply dependence. — Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

The territorial dispute over the islands remains one of the Gulf’s most persistent flashpoints. — Sam Metz, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026

But the glancing references to Western Sahara’s decades-old territorial dispute, depicted here as a mere unexpected obstacle in the characters’ quest for a transformative experience, belie a deeper history that is not simply a logistical inconvenience. — Álex Maroño Porto, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for territorial dispute

• absolute
• arrowroot
• attribute
• bitterroot
• constitute
• convolute
• destitute
• disrepute
• dissolute
• execute
• institute
• involute