contend
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By rolling funds from those other plans or IRAs into the current employer’s plan, workers do not have to contend with RMDs until they stop working.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
He said he expects mud will be something attendees will need to contend with this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Moreover, such information provides immediate clarity to markets, they contend, especially during turbulent episodes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Officials contend the discrepancy between the computer count and the paper tally is “a good deed that went punished” — the result of exhausted officials being handed an extra-credit project they couldn’t quite execute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
As though Bigwig’s angry impatience, Pipkin’s terror and the approaching dog were not enough to contend with, the cleverest rabbit among them had evidently gone out of his mind.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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Volkswagen’s supervisory board has approved a plan to double job losses at the automaker to 100,000 and halve its model portfolio as it contends with President Trump’s tariffs and intensifying competition from Chinese automakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Raman contends that Bass’ signature program Inside Safe, which dismantles encampments and moves people living there into motels, hotels and interim housing, is overly expensive and unsustainable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
“There simply is not much room for either stock prices or EPS to continue rising without some correction or a pause which allows the trendline averages to catch up,” Paulsen contends.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Reported talk of sailors debating whether to jump off the ship is overblown, he contends, recalling jokes that were made during his time on an aircraft carrier.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
No responsible person contends that insect-borne disease should be ignored.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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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
“You can’t stop publishing if someone sends you a telegram,” Goodale contended.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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Job seekers are now contending with increasingly personalized traps, said James Lee, president of the Identity Resource Theft Center.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
Lupoi was the missing piece alongside Rivera and Chancellor Rich Lyons, forming a trio of Berkeley graduates who understand the importance of elevating the university’s profile with a contending football program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Bringing together groups with contending understandings of the Ethiopian state, for the first time ever, itself has been a successful exercise," said Alamrew Yirdaw, a participant from the Amhara region.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Military on the Lincoln are reportedly contending with food shortages, broken plumbing and exhaustion, according to two US publications that cover the military - the Military Times and Stars & Stripes.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
No longer contending with the deadweight of the first stage, the acceleration was profound.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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