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Testosterone has been clinically associated in numerous studies with physical strength, elevated red blood cell counts, higher cardiovascular capacity and aggression—all of which can help enormously in any kind of physical contest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

In October 2023, Truelove pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of destruction of property in Virginia and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

In travel news this week, JetBlue won the contest to replace Spirit Airlines at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

His manager Keith Sullivan described the contest as a "real-life Rocky moment", while Prenga predicted he would win by knockout.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

I copy the link to the essay contest and send it to Luna with a message encouraging her to enter her gymnastics essay, and then I text Jonah.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Rather than a shootout or penalty kicks, the championship was decided by a single moment of quality in one of the tournament’s tightest contests.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

They have competed without Plum, their top scorer, for 12 games and former No. 2 overall pick Brink during the past nine contests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

They’ve won state and local contests in Kentucky and Georgia and are on the ballot in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Before a ball had been kicked, there were concerns that the expanded tournament - featuring a record 104 matches - would produce a number of boring, one-sided contests.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Pigeon Day is the traditional climax of Family Fest, a weeklong celebration of amusement rides, pie-eating contests...

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

Its construction and design, however, were hotly contested things, as I learned from Brian Jay Jones’s “The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

A sport cannot function seriously on a world scale without such conformity, and a World Cup - launched in 1963 and contested every four years since - needed that.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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

Despite neo-Nazis frequently flocking to the address, its last private owner, Gerlinde Pommer, vetoed any transformation of the house and contested its expropriation by the state until the very end.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 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

Verstappen's off brought out the safety car, and initially it looked as if there would be a short blast to the finish with the Ferrari drivers contesting victory on fresh tyres.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 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

Pratt has yet to put out a statement conceding the race or contesting the results.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

This might help to prevent distant biological relatives from contesting the wishes of the deceased, said Avi Kestenbaum, a partner at Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 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