- A pet peeve, pet aversion, or pet hate is a
minor annoyance that an
individual finds particularly irritating to a
greater degree than the norm. The noun...
- of the
Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, Lord
Deputy of Ireland,
fractious Irish politics combined with a more
ambitious Henry to
cause trouble....
- 2015. Rohan,
Brian (22
February 2015). "Hadi, a once-quiet
leader of a
fractious Yemen,
strikes defiant pose by
reclaiming presidency". U.S. News & World...
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decisions in
favour of the former, but
without settling the controversy. His
fractious temper coloured all the
controversies in
which he took part, in Gaul,...
-
Empire (later
Ashanti Region), an
autonomous state in West
Africa that
fractiously co-existed with the
British and its v****al
coastal tribes.
After several...
- and
Townsend T****sen
Championships that year with Van Diemen, amid a
fractious rivalry with
teammate Enrique Mansilla.
Senna initially did not believe...
- with
Spain to that end, and sent 6,000
troops to France. The confused,
fractious nature of
Breton politics undermined his efforts,
which finally failed...
-
increasingly exploited China's
internal conflicts to
reduce the
strength of its
fractious opponents. Even
years after the
Northern Expedition, the
political power...
-
Nobody can be
grave and
goofy all at once like
Diane Keaton. In
these fractious times, it's the
perfect combo for a
modern heroine."
Famously self-deprecating...
- years.
According to
Sheila Weller, "[Simpson and Brown] were a dramatic,
fractious,
mutually obsessed couple before they married,
after they married, after...
