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Definition
disagreement — especially regarding a public issue that arouses strong feelings
- At first he had started out spare and just put the name of the firm, "Hat Creek Cattle Company and Livery Emporium," but that caused controversy in itself.Chapters 7-8 (52% in)
- There was much controversy about how far north moccasins could live—were they in the Cimarron, the Arkansas, the Platte?Chapters 38-39 (74% in)
- In Waco, as he remembered, he had caused controversy because he never seemed to sleep.Chapters 54-55 (33% in)
- Religious controversy is better than none.Chapters 72-73 (12% in)
- " "If there's mad Indians around, you may get more controversy than you bargained for," Call said.Chapters 72-73 (12% in)
There are no more uses of "controversy" in Lonesome Dove.
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