contended
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Her bosses contended the message flouted Hijazi’s request.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Investment firm executives had long contended that they were largely exempt from that tax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
They also contended that the unit had little authority about which applicants advanced in the recruitment process — decisions, they said, that had to go through several layers of review.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Ms. also took flak from some of Steinem’s sister feminists, who contended that it cast women as victims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
As an organizer working in urban communities, Barack had told me, he’d contended most often with a deep weariness in people—especially black people—a cynicism bred from a thousand small disappointments over time.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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