In a nation where important issues are typically resolved by consensus, the dispute has divided politicians, commentators and citizens into unusually hostile camps.

In short order, an amicable dispute over how to drop the curtain divided the room.

The dispute has divided the town, with opponents of the contract the most vocal.

This dispute divided the discipline of physiology during the second half of the 1800s.

Internal disputes and family quarrels divided the Raj in course of time.

The dispute has spilled into ecclesiastical and secular courts and divided the small parish.

The dispute has divided the church, separating siblings and parents and children.

The dispute has divided public opinion and become a touchstone for anxieties about the country's growing Islamic minority.

In the first trial, a similar dispute divided the three defense lawyers.

Ethnic, religious, and regional disputes and tensions have commonly divided Nigerians on political issues.