contested
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Lawyers for Abu Agila Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi had asked for the contested statement to be ruled inadmissible, claiming it was false and made under duress.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
It is, he writes, a region “more present in the Western consciousness than any other, its history more debated and contested than anywhere else yet conversely less understood.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The charges are legally weak and in normal times would be readily contested.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Friedkin’s movie shifted people’s perceptions about fear and played with longstanding ideas about the nuclear family and religious ideology, themes that were starting to be contested and debated as America moved further from ’50s-era sterility.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
A couple months ago, Lisa Edwards, over by Cow Creek, got her claim contested by a neighbor.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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