contested

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Two years later, state Sen. Laura Richardson waited 17 days to be announced victor of a hotly contested race in South Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Whether the system needs protecting or modernising remains contested, but what is clear is this supermarket‑pub only exists because of a framework unlike anywhere else in the UK or Ireland.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

"New Zealand faces the most adverse and contested geostrategic environment in the past 80 years," she said.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

The basic facts of the ruling do not include who made the claim, how it came about or whether Farage ever contested it.

From BBC • May 22, 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