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The decision to comply with the sanctions rather than attempting to contest them in the court could help resolve one of the biggest outstanding offseason items the Clippers face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Reform UK has chosen a former Metropolitan Police detective to contest the Holborn and St Pancras by-election on 8 October.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

"Vietnam also wants to import more electricity from Laos to increase its leverage over Laos," part of a wider contest with China for influence in Vientiane, he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

But Christian Rood of LeydenJar says companies like his can fortify Europe's position in what has become a global contest.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

“A misery contest is not worth entering, for one only wins by losing,” as Agatha Swanburne once observed, and yet there are many who insist on holding such competitions, even to this very day.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

There are 35 contests on the ballot in November.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

In Argentina, the contests have fueled numerous memes that have even been seized on by top-flight football clubs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

In other contests, scandal sank Cory Mills while Byron Donalds stayed on track to make history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The 2019 win, inspired by Ben Stokes, was one of the most legendary contests in Ashes history, ranking alongside Ian Botham's heroics of 1981 on the same ground.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

“Anyway,” Danny said, “these contests, as you call them, are going to end as soon as I start studying with Rav Gershenson.”

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Whether the airport can in fact legally be constructed is being contested in the courts even as the runways get tarmacked.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Intelligence is a contested term, but Mr. Damasio seems to use the word to signal an ability to solve problems without reliance on rote procedures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The rise comes after prices fell by 7% last week, after talks between Iran and Oman on re-opening the contested waterway.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

China has long dispatched coast guard and research ships around the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in the hotly contested South China Sea, where Beijing and several littoral countries have competing claims.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The machine contested Du Bois at every turn, ensuring that the NAACP’s magazine, Crisis, was banned from Negro college campuses and pulling strings in an attempt to destroy Du Bois and his movement.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Earlier this year, the firm signed a 12-month agreement worth $1.2 million with Atiku Abubakar, who is contesting the Nigerian presidency.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

China's two-time US Open quarter-finalist Zheng Qinwen, contesting a Grand Slam qualifying event for the first time since the 2022 Australian Open, defeated compatriot Xiaodi You 6-3 6-2.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Randy Mastro, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, filed a letter on Tuesday contesting the automatic stay and maintaining that the court’s emergency pause is still in effect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

When two males are contesting the alpha position, they usually do so by forming extensive coalitions of supporters, both male and female, from within the group.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari