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In travel news this week, JetBlue won the contest to replace Spirit Airlines at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

In October 2023, Truelove pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of destruction of property in Virginia and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

In response, Jefferson started a newspaper contest to elicit plans for what became the Capitol, designed by Dr. William Thornton, the amateur architect who won the contest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Rangers intend to contest a four-match touchline ban given to manager Derek McInnes for describing as "disgusting" the decision to award Celtic a late penalty at Motherwell in May.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

They pause to let this idea sink in and then they move into naming the contest winners.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Rather than a shootout or penalty kicks, the championship was decided by a single moment of quality in one of the tournament’s tightest contests.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

They’ve won state and local contests in Kentucky and Georgia and are on the ballot in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The formal declaration of Fujimori's win brings one of Peru's tightest leadership contests of all time to a close and ushers in the Andean nation's ninth president in a decade.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Their three goals across those five contests have come from two deflected shots and one own goal.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

There was not quite a year until the primary contests got started, beginning in Iowa.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

He preferred an easygoing static tripod shot — a point Adrian contested, as is shown in the film.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

Despite neo-Nazis frequently flocking to the address, its last private owner, Gerlinde Pommer, vetoed any transformation of the house and contested its expropriation by the state until the very end.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

“The U.S. is now one strike decision away from having both global energy chokepoints contested simultaneously, and the market, insurance and freight consequences of that scenario are not currently priced in,” Krishnan said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

In the aftermath of Labour's defeat in that year's general election, he contested the vacancy left by Gordon Brown.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

On a clear morning later that spring, a small military plane cruised low over the Plain of Reeds, a contested area near Saigon.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and Restore Britain have all ruled out contesting the Clacton by-election.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Sinner opted against contesting a grass tournament in the lead-up to Wimbledon, despite suffering a seismic second-round loss at the French Open at the end of May.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Washington and Tehran have been contesting some of the deal’s finer points, including whether passage through the key waterway will be free from tolls.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Pratt has yet to put out a statement conceding the race or contesting the results.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Nothing much happened in court, other than Du Bois announcing his plans to file a motion contesting the decision to try Richard as an adult.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater