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When Oleksandr Usyk vacated the IBF title and Frank Sanchez agreed to step aside, Itauma's fight with Hrgovic was elevated into a world-title contest.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

He was sentenced to one day in jail for both charges, to be served concurrently, and was credited with having served one day when he pleaded no contest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

She once quietly entered a Dolly Parton drag queen look-alike contest -- and lost.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

On Saturday he suited up for his first professional game, a preseason contest against the Buffalo Bills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

We ended up winning the best group contest.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

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

The kids who lose these contests aren’t chosen at random.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

The family’s future is in limbo as Jeanie Buss contests her five siblings’ plans to sell their remaining stake of the team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

His role was to keep the official scorebook and put down the code that marked every measurable moment of the contests: hits, runs, strikeouts, stolen bases, errors, wild pitches.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

The area surrounding Minembwe, which has been fiercely contested for months, has been particularly difficult for international organisations to access.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

It is unclear whether the Louisiana ruling covering Hendrick’s transfer will be contested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Yabloko was founded in the early 1990s during Russia’s short-lived experiment with real democracy, when a rambunctious form of politics emerged and dozens of fledgling parties contested power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

In 2022, Leavitt unsuccessfully ran for Congress in New Hampshire, emerging victorious from a contested Republican primary, but ultimately losing to Democrat Chris Pappas.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Since saber fencing is so subjective—the referee ultimately decides every contested point—I didn’t want to give him any added reason not to award points to my sister during her bouts.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

China's Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen, contesting a Grand Slam qualifying event for the first time since 2022, beat France's Clara Burel won 6-1 7-5 to set up a match against Russian Elena Pridankina.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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

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

Nothing much happened in court, other than Du Bois announcing his plans to file a motion contesting the decision to try Richard as an adult.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater