contested
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It is, he writes, a region “more present in the Western consciousness than any other, its history more debated and contested than anywhere else yet conversely less understood.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Most forfeiture targets have none of those advantages, which is why the overwhelming majority of forfeitures are never contested at all.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
Friedkin’s movie shifted people’s perceptions about fear and played with longstanding ideas about the nuclear family and religious ideology, themes that were starting to be contested and debated as America moved further from ’50s-era sterility.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Despite neo-Nazis frequently flocking to the address, its last private owner, Gerlinde Pommer, vetoed any transformation of the house and contested its expropriation by the state until the very end.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Both declines have been laid to drought, but this is contested.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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