contend
Example Sentences
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Back in August, after the Dutch Grand Prix, Verstappen seemed more likely to trade in his car for a bicycle than to contend for the world championship.
Strategy cut its outlook and sold shares to establish a $1.44 billion U.S. dollar reserve as the company contends with a recent slide in Bitcoin prices.
“Doctors took an oath to help, not hinder a person. Who a person is is none of your business,” contended Kathy Stomber.
From Salon
"There will be different elements to contend with, but that is all part of the fun, right?" said Root.
From BBC
But the roots of this development, he contends, lie even further back—in the classical texts that early modern thinkers read and absorbed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
