contending
Example Sentences
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Altogether, the Browns’ decision to deal away the 30-year-old Garrett is a sobering admission that a team that has won only eight games over the past two years is still years away from seriously contending.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
In addition to the higher prices for poultry litter, Arrington is contending with price hikes for synthetic fertilizer.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
In the video, Pratt stood outside Raman’s Silver Lake home and the city-owned Getty House in Hancock Park, where Bass lives, contending both are far removed from the urban ills that beset other Angelenos.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Markets are contending with familiar issues to start the week as both sides rejected a peace proposal and oil prices surged above $100 again.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Now she, who had been impatient once, and violent, who had cursed and shouted and contended like a man, moved into silence, contending only, and with the last measure of her strength, with God.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
