contended
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Over the summer, the restaurant industry also contended with a cyclospora outbreak that made more consumers squeamish about ordering things like salads.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Chávez contended that families required stability before their children could take advantage of school, and a union was the first step, according to Chatfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Prosecutors argued the murders were premeditated, while her defense contended she had been suffering from postpartum psychosis and depression, and that she wasn’t properly treated or diagnosed by care providers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
By 1935 Moch wielded the megaphone in the JV boat that contended with Joe and the other sophomores for varsity status that season.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
