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More than 200 million people across 60 countries live in areas controlled or contested by armed nonstate groups, according to International Committee of the Red Cross estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Black candidates made historic inroads in statewide elections for offices like the Senate, which are not affected by redrawing individual district maps; and in the House, Black candidates won many contested seats, gerrymandering be damned.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

Only a third of the Senate's 100 seats are being contested in these midterms, and few of the races were seen as favorable to Democrats.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Serrano's farewell bout, labelled The Last Walk, will be contested over 12 three-minute rounds against 37-year-old Falzon, who has won 12 of her 14 professional fights, including seven by knockout.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 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