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Given that the contest switches abruptly from touch to tackle in midstream, does it illustrate how war’s brutality touches everything?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

You wouldn’t have imagined anything major to come out of any contest, any seat.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

The neck-and-neck contest is a big change from September, when Raman jumped out to an 11-percentage-point lead with support from 39% of likely voters compared with Bass at 28%.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Purkiss' lawyers said he intended to contest extradition to Kenya.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

It was the afternoon before the fishing contest and it looked like rain.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

They would not be able to vote in county, state or federal contests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Fleming, was a literary scholar who, in his spare time, put together three books about dramatic baseball contests of yore by artfully stitching together contemporary newspaper accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Matches between Brown and Allen have always been close contests, with Tuesday's win the 39-year-old's first victory over his close friend.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

At the same time, races at the local level could have an outsize impact, including contests for control of the governor’s mansion and state house.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

They had held mini contests in their classrooms and had selected the winners of those.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

The strategy, designed to keep China's rapid population growth under control, is estimated by the country's government to have prevented about 400 million births since it began, though this number has been contested.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Arizona’s 6th congressional district has been one of the most hotly contested races for several election cycles.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Perhaps the most contested race is Seat 6, where incumbent Gabriel Buelna is facing off against Randall Winston, who serves as deputy mayor of infrastructure and climate resilience under Bass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

The deal -- long contested by Commerzbank -- should enable UniCredit to merge Commerzbank with its German subsidiary HypoVereinsbank, acquired in 2005.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The English played well, but the Americans played better, and contested every inch of the ground as strongly as if the spirit of ’76 inspired them.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Find out about the statute of limitations for contesting a will and whether this one had a no-contest clause.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Fourteen electoral lists are contesting the election, but polls indicate only seven are likely to clear the five-percent threshold needed to enter parliament.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

The pair contesting the US Open final means they will close the Grand Slam season as they began it in the Australian Open's showpiece match.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

She’s contesting the emerging narrative—and maybe her apparent ouster, too.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

This reshaping of events happens in a dozen ways every day, contesting reality.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García