North Korea is certain to take advantage of continued tensions between these two traditional allies.

It blamed the scheming of "separatist forces" in Taiwan and American arms sales to the island for continued tensions in the region.

Isaac's personal subcontract business was a source of continued tensions.

Her popularity also suffered as a result of continued tension between the Church and State.

The U.S. State Department termed the subcontinent as being in a state of "continued high-stakes tension."

Due to continued national tensions after the first world war, Germany was not invited.

Eric Volmers of the Calgary Herald found the fallibility of the character Derek Spears to be "what promises to give King its continued dramatic tension."

The diplomatic dispute comes against a background of continued tension between the United States and Nicaragua.

That would lead to continued and lasting tension with no foreseeable end. A domino effect.

Running alongside the crimes and the investigations are the continued tensions and power struggles within the SIB itself.