Sentence examples of "spark tension" in English

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The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark. La guerre en Irak est un sujet explosif de débat politique ; un mot de travers et une dispute enflammée pourrait éclater.
That does not mean we should ignore sources of tension. Indeed, it suggests the opposite: we must face these tensions squarely. Ceci ne signifie pas que nous devrions ignorer des sources de tension. En effet, cela suggère le contraire : nous devons confronter ces tensions.
More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. Plus récemment, la tension a été nourrie par un colonialisme qui niait des droits et des opportunités à de nombreux musulmans, et une Guerre Froide lors de laquelle les pays à majorité musulmane étaient trop souvent traités comme des agents, au mépris de leurs propres aspirations.
There was a lot of tension between Tom and Mary. Il y a beaucoup de tensions entre Tom et Marie.
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