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  • noun Plural form of controversy.

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Examples

  • We've seen that in controversies over the last couple of months about whether the president is a Muslim or about the so-called mosque near ground zero.

    Multiculturalism Debated In The U.S. And Abroad 2010

  • True, the lucrative Indian Premier League has been mired in controversies off the cricket field, but its on-field performance — of staging a large number of matches on schedule at different venues — has run like clockwork.

    The 'Incompetence Raj' Strikes Again Salil Tripathi 2010

  • He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions {5} and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

    Televangelist Kenneth Copeland refuses to render unto taxman 2008

  • He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions {5} and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

    Foreclosures: Did God Want You to Get That Mortgage? 2008

  • He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions {5} and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

    Kenneth Copeland challenges probe into televangelist finances 2008

  • He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions {5} and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

    Prosperity gospel works… for relatives of televangelist Kenneth Copeland 2008

  • He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions {5} and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

    Benny Hinn runs lucrative operation 2008

  • He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions {5} and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

    Benny Hinn: Todd Koontz and the two-minutes blessing scam 2008

  • If that were the case, the proper resolution of such controversies is a court.

    Balkinization 2007

  • If that were the case, the proper resolution of such controversies is a court.

    Balkinization 2007

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