So acrimonious has their relationship been that not only have they had bitter races against each other, but their sons have, too. (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)
But pundits say the Vergara decision has also energized the already bitter race for state superintendent of schools — a contest where simmering hostilities over education reforms, mostly among Democrats, have broken into the mainstream. (k-12daily.org)
The message from UKIP is that Corbyn Labour is unpatriotic, an enemy of the armed services and supportive of «uncontrolled mass immigration» — this in a town with a large Muslim population where bitter race riots took place in 2001. (mirror.co.uk)