contested
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Merely three days before the fair closed, the presidential election produced contested results that would not be resolved until the following year and the so-called Compromise of 1877.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The pair of videos prompted her Democratic rivals in the gubernatorial race to question Porter’s temperament, a criticism that has continued to linger during debates and throughout the hotly contested campaign.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
The Wall Street Journal gained exclusive access to a patrol in these contested waters, documenting Taipei’s efforts to counter Beijing’s intensifying “gray-zone” tactics.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
This is a complex and contested part of English law which recognises that jurors are free to choose how to decide a case - even though they must simultaneously follow a trial judge's directions.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
He won every race he contested in the 1939 school season.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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