territorial dispute

noun

: a disagreement about who controls a particular territory

The two countries are in a territorial dispute.

Examples of territorial dispute in a Sentence

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Even in 2010-2012, when the territorial dispute between the two sides was hot and Beijing temporarily blocked shipments of rare earths to Japan, companies still increased their stock of investment by an average of 13% each year. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2024

There has been little high-level political progress on the territorial dispute, but the mission has not been a failure. —Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2024

In its territorial dispute with the Philippines in the South China Sea, China views its approach as calibrated and confident. —Wang Jisi, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2024

The Southeast Asian country is locked in a bitter territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea. —David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024

At the same time, because a cease-fire would not resolve the territorial dispute between Moscow and Kyiv, the issue of reparations to Ukraine, or accountability for war crimes, Western sanctions would continue—ensuring that Russia remains economically dependent on Beijing. —Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024

Two years later, China rejected banana imports from the Philippines over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea. —Didi Tang, Fortune Asia, 27 May 2024

The two countries are immersed in a long-standing territorial dispute, dating back to colonial times. —Elias Ferrer, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024

And with Guatemala laying claim to Belize in a territorial dispute persisting to this day, Belize’s colonial rulers chose a site about midway between Belize City and the Guatemalan border, in a bid to populate to the interior. —Simon Romero Alejandro Cegarra, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024