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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

"Despite all these contra indicators, the market keeps selling off," Murphy said.

From Reuters ● Jan. 24, 2022

Libet found, contra the commonsense expectation, that the average reported time of first awareness of decision to move, W-time, occurred almost a third of a second after the start of the RP.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 21, 2020

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

Mr. McFarlane also never fully gained the trust of Secretary of State George Shultz, who was uneasy about the secret White House support for the Nicaraguan contras.

From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022

That stirred complaints from two AP Washington reporters who later said they felt Lewis held them back on their early reporting on North’s shadowy contacts with Nicaraguan contras.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2021

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

It has been lucrative work, augmented by a group that for years has been in constant need of his services: U.S.-funded Nicaraguan contras across the border.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario