contend
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By rolling funds from those other plans or IRAs into the current employer’s plan, workers do not have to contend with RMDs until they stop working.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Beyond that, perhaps another forward or creative midfielder to contend with Harry Wilson, Brenden Aaronson and Noah Okafor.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
They contend the business, known as Duryea’s Lobster Deck, has never gone through the proper approval process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Ownership decisions also can lead to signing or retaining star players as teams hope to contend for championships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
By 1927 the Cal program had improved to the point that Berkeley could reasonably contend with Washington for West Coast supremacy.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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All these companies had business with the Clippers, and the league contends that they entered into arrangements with Leonard in order to preserve Clippers business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
That formula, he contends, should include trash collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Reported talk of sailors debating whether to jump off the ship is overblown, he contends, recalling jokes that were made during his time on an aircraft carrier.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The “Anything But Bonds” trope will only end, Hartnett contends, if Warsh signals hawkish at the Jackson Hole symposium Aug. 28, and both the Fed and Bank of Japan tighten monetary policy in September.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
“You don’t know what Aunt Goldie contends with all by herself, and it’s none of your business to judge. Peach will grow up and he will grow out of this phase...”
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
They also contended it included the nation’s strictest data privacy protections and noted how participation would be voluntary, similar to how it is offered in other states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
He contended that these banks were “basically getting a little bit of the gross spread revenue … in return for an understanding that their analyst would cover the company typically with a buy recommendation.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Months after that, the Phoenix’s media critic Dan Kennedy contended that it is our obligation to watch such difficult accounts in an essay for Harvard’s Nieman Foundation.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
She said Lehigh Acres has long contended with negative associations from the foreclosure crisis, but that it is steadily shedding that image as it draws aspiring homeowners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Now she, who had been impatient once, and violent, who had cursed and shouted and contended like a man, moved into silence, contending only, and with the last measure of her strength, with God.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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"Bringing together groups with contending understandings of the Ethiopian state, for the first time ever, itself has been a successful exercise," said Alamrew Yirdaw, a participant from the Amhara region.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
California wine has already been contending with declining demand and global oversupply issues, leading to downsizing, closures and disposal of tons of grapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Military on the Lincoln are reportedly contending with food shortages, broken plumbing and exhaustion, according to two US publications that cover the military - the Military Times and Stars & Stripes.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
For Chinese manufacturers contending with weaker demand at home and new trade barriers in the West, the market for halal goods offers an attractive source of growth.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
During the old man’s forties a number of contending diseases dropped by Amarante’s body for a shot at the title.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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