contested
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It is unclear whether the Louisiana ruling covering Hendrick’s transfer will be contested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Yabloko was founded in the early 1990s during Russia’s short-lived experiment with real democracy, when a rambunctious form of politics emerged and dozens of fledgling parties contested power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
It was put to Root that Australia would be unlikely to give up the advantage of hosting England at their most successful venues when the urn is contested down under.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The contested isles are part of the volcanic Kuril archipelago, which runs in a broad arc from Russia's Kamchatka peninsula down to Japan's main northern island Hokkaido.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Much of the southern highlands were “debatable lands” in the border sense of a contested territory without established government or the rule of law.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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