contended
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They also contended that the unit had little authority about which applicants advanced in the recruitment process — decisions, they said, that had to go through several layers of review.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
After the golf course, I put in a few more destinations—the Sullenberger Aviation Museum, the Omni Hotel downtown—and kicked back while the car contended with traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Months after that, the Phoenix’s media critic Dan Kennedy contended that it is our obligation to watch such difficult accounts in an essay for Harvard’s Nieman Foundation.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
They contended the economy and labor market are strong enough to support such a strategy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Reproducing the Greek arguments faithfully, Maimonides contended that the hollow spheres that twirled about the earth had to be moved by something, say, the next sphere out.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
