contested
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After the Lakers gave up a 9-0 run to start the second quarter, he hit a contested three out of a timeout to get the team back on track.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
With Spalding pitching, Forest City contested the Nationals in a marathon affair.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
In the end, the NCP won just six out of the 30 seats it contested.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Seizing Kharg Island and the islands near the mainland would require an amphibious landing on a contested shoreline, among “the hardest operations” a military can attempt, and one that Iran is almost certainly prepared for.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
As the swelling throng marched singing into Montgomery, the Voting Rights Act was beginning its own contested journey through the political thickets of Congress.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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