Being able to work through conflicts can often result in an even stronger bond.
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Joy Harden Bradford,
AJC.com,
2 July 2026
China has helped cushion the global oil shock, seen its clean energy tech exports surge and framed the war in Iran as another example in which Chinese leadership could supersede the US in ending global conflicts.
Your dedicated Slack channels, private discords and endless Reddit threads.
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April Uchitel,
Flow Space,
6 Aug. 2025
In every case, physical science, which is based on the evidence reported by these limited and limiting senses, eventually leaves us stranded with the conviction that sickness, accidents, and disasters – discords of every description, regardless of the apparent cause – are real and inevitable.
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Lisa Rennie Sytsma,
Christian Science Monitor,
20 June 2025
Advocates said special education doesn’t belong in a health department, which usually treats disabilities as conditions to manage, instead of differences in how children learn.
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Heather Hollingsworth,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Sources told Axios that both sides agreed to halt attacks on each other and meet in Qatar on Tuesday to resolve differences over the Strait of Hormuz.
Showdowns over international inspectors caused years of disputes between the US and Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and more recently Iran.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Council members ultimately said the purpose of the sister city program was to build relationships between communities, not to settle international political disputes.
Some states chose not to send representatives; several of them cited disagreements with the partisan mission.
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Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
3 July 2026
The city commission reached a major step forward on the project after months of delays and disagreements over the best way to replace the old City Hall, which was damaged beyond repair by the historic flooding of April 2023.
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