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He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge in 2019 of burning lands that belonged to another and paid $600 in court fees while serving 36 months of probation, according to court records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

In these cases, fertilization becomes a coordinated effort rather than a contest involving isolated cells.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

The activities of the party were banned soon after she fled the country and it was not allowed to contest the February general election.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Civil servant and ruling party member Noel Urbina, 45, told AFP he does not believe Chavistas would endorse Rodriguez in a leadership contest -- a move which marks a break with the past, experts say.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

I’m surprised to find Denny there, sitting with Titus and Pua and Nalu, all of them chatting away about the Anywhere in the Worlds contest.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

In total, Republican House candidates in these contests have collected $86.7 million while retaining $51 million, Democrats $82 million with $41.6 million in cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Nigel Farage has previously stood in seven parliamentary contests since 1994, and successfully became an MP for Clacton in the 2024 general election.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Kolodny also emphasized that it’s politically savvy for industry groups to support the re-election of incumbents in safe seats, rather than just focusing on the relatively few of the House’s 435 contests that are competitive.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

“However,” it said, “aiming to return to a status where the outcomes of most contests are known by the end of Election Week is a realistic goal.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

The impression was of closeted boredom punctuated by contests and schemes—jumping between the beds, building a camp, half devising a board game, then giving up.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Lawyers for Abu Agila Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi had asked for the contested statement to be ruled inadmissible, claiming it was false and made under duress.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

It is, he writes, a region “more present in the Western consciousness than any other, its history more debated and contested than anywhere else yet conversely less understood.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The charges are legally weak and in normal times would be readily contested.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

Friedkin’s movie shifted people’s perceptions about fear and played with longstanding ideas about the nuclear family and religious ideology, themes that were starting to be contested and debated as America moved further from ’50s-era sterility.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

What has never been contested is the beauty and timeless power of the songs the Gershwins created for Porgy and.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

That history is why contesting the constitutional allocation of public safety cannot mean giving private people authority to govern vulnerable people.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

“Waymo reviews all received citations and may engage with the court to address and resolve them, including contesting cases on their merit if we believe they were issued erroneously,” a company spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The company denies the claims and is contesting the action in the High Court.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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

Gray urged all three to consider the hazards of contesting the charges in court.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose