Did nobody ever get anywhere in this life without direct conflict?

Curiously, there is usually little direct conflict between the players.

He just wasn't sure whether their goals were in direct conflict.

At the time, the two companies had no direct conflicts.

"That would be a direct conflict of interest," he said.

This brought them into direct conflict with the large mining companies.

That could put us in more direct conflict than we've ever been before.

Her current lack of mass made direct conflict almost certain suicide.

"So we've got a direct conflict between the staff and Federal law," he said.

"When they opened that office it was in direct conflict."