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"etymology_text": "A reference to two dogs fighting over the same bone.",
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"text": "It is still a bone of contention whether to go ahead with the original plan in light of the new evidence."
},
{
"ref": "2018 November 18, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 1 Croatia”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "England's \"Football Coming Home\" anthem became a serious bone of contention at the World Cup - with Croatia using it as a sign of arrogance from their opponents in the build up to the semi-final.",
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"word": "apple of discord"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "jáblǎka na razdóra",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "я́блъка на раздо́ра"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
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},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "jáblǎka na razdóra",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "я́блъка на раздо́ра"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "jablko sváru"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "twistpunt"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"word": "tüliõun"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"word": "kiistakapula"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"word": "riitakapula"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pomme de discorde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zankapfel"
},
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strīda ābols"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "kość niezgody"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "jabłko niezgody"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jábloko razdóra",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "я́блоко раздо́ра"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"word": "jablko sváru"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stridsäpple"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Something that continues to be disputed",
"tags": [
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"word": "bone of contention"
}
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