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Six example sentences with factious, each labelled with its topic.
The party's factious wing voted against its own leader twice in one week and then briefed the newspapers.
Politics
A factious board split three ways over the acquisition, and the founder spent more time mediating than selling.
Startups
The orchestra grew factious after the new conductor arrived, with half the strings refusing his tempo entirely.
Music
The colony's assembly was factious from the start, with a stubborn minority voting against every tax the majority proposed.
History
A factious locker room, where three veterans openly disagreed with the coach's rotation, sank the season by February.
Basketball
The merger vote exposed a factious shareholder group that rejected the board's recommendation and demanded a new chairman.
Business
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