contention
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The DEA’s handling of Marset after he arrived in the U.S. has also been a point of contention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Investigators gathered video from a matrix of security cameras that surround the busy intersection to support their contention that Rios’ actions amounted to murder with implied malice, according to law enforcement sources.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
However, he tells clients in a note that there are few details regarding Infratil’s contention that 5 GW of its 10 GW data center-related opportunity is immediately actionable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But an extraordinary 90-foot putt from Kupcho on the 17th clawed the Americans back into contention and they headed up the last hole all square.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Another point of contention was his tendency to buy things impulsively—a motorcycle, a sailboat.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Kalshi said in a filing on Tuesday that, contrary to the CME’s contentions, contracts don’t need a fixed expiration date to be legally classified as futures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
American did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the union’s contentions.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026
Amid these competing contentions, efforts are on to find a middle ground.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2025
The Ohio Supreme Court disagreed with both contentions.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2024
Bram Fischer spoke next and was prepared to tackle the state’s two most serious contentions: that we had undertaken guerrilla warfare and that the ANC and MK were the same.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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