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The observatory will also help scientists better understand the cosmic tug-of-war between invisible “dark matter” and “dark energy” — a contest whose outcome could either expand or collapse the universe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

She once quietly entered a Dolly Parton drag queen look-alike contest -- and lost.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

“All those drag queens, sometimes I see some of them look more like me than I do,” said the star, who famously lost a Dolly Parton lookalike contest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The 46-year-old, who is also the owner of the San Francisco 49ers, was convicted of disorderly conduct and possessing criminal tools after pleading no contest to two charges.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

“John Harvey was the whole reason I entered this contest in the first place. I haven’t liked him since I saw him playing on the dunes,” she said.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

In Argentina, the contests have fueled numerous memes that have even been seized on by top-flight football clubs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

The 2019 win, inspired by Ben Stokes, was one of the most legendary contests in Ashes history, ranking alongside Ian Botham's heroics of 1981 on the same ground.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The kids who lose these contests aren’t chosen at random.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

The family’s future is in limbo as Jeanie Buss contests her five siblings’ plans to sell their remaining stake of the team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The second set had been culled from previous contests.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

It is unclear whether the Louisiana ruling covering Hendrick’s transfer will be contested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

The profusion of killing leads Mr. Winder to describe the contested Rhineland, across which so many rival armies have fought, as “a battlefield interrupted, every now and then, by a truce.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

A total of 211 bands from 14 countries, including youth bands, took part in the "truly thrilling and fiercely contested competition".

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Since then, Binface has contested elections against former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak as well as London mayor Sadiq Khan, consistently drawing thousands of votes and extensive media coverage.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

But the recognition that these were the competing options, the contested versions, if you will, of what the core legacy of the American Revolution truly meant, first became visible in the summer of 1790.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

China's two-time US Open quarter-finalist Zheng Qinwen, contesting a Grand Slam qualifying event for the first time since the 2022 Australian Open, defeated compatriot Xiaodi You 6-3 6-2.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Randy Mastro, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, filed a letter on Tuesday contesting the automatic stay and maintaining that the court’s emergency pause is still in effect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Waymo reviews all received citations and may engage with the court to address and resolve them, including contesting cases on their merit if we believe they were issued erroneously,” a company spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

That history is why contesting the constitutional allocation of public safety cannot mean giving private people authority to govern vulnerable people.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Nothing much happened in court, other than Du Bois announcing his plans to file a motion contesting the decision to try Richard as an adult.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater