Both Uses
controversy
in
Not Without My Daughter
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- The controversy divided the hospital staff into two camps.†
*controversy = disagreement
- Late in 1986 he laid plans for his own escape, but they were disrupted by the emerging controversy over American arms shipments to Iran, which brought about tightened security.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(controversy) disagreement -- especially regarding a public issue that arouses strong feelings
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)