contra
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In fact, the author argues that, contra the “biological essentialist” view that says women are made for child care and men for professional work, the sexes are actually more similar than they are different.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
She also judged a biscuit competition and participated in contra dances, which is what got her into this music in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
Those results do not tell us that our world is quantum; rather they prove that, contra Einstein, it cannot be ruled by classical physics.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 24, 2023
"Despite all these contra indicators, the market keeps selling off," Murphy said.
From Reuters ● Jan. 24, 2022
I would not have written this book if I did not believe, contra Wilde, that many principles of style really can be taught.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius rejected the suggestion that Germany was standing in the way but said, “we have to balance all the pros and contras before we decide things like that, just like that.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
Beginning when U.S. military support to Nicaraguan contras and then U.S. arms sales to Iran were first revealed in late 1986, Justice Department components began to investigate.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2018
I've experienced many of the contras events with local friends.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2018
The contras died down for most of the past two decades, but are rumoured to be making a comeback amid growing frustration with Ortega’s increasingly authoritarian rule.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2016
Somoza was long gone, the contras were nothing but a memory.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
