contended
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Months after that, the Phoenix’s media critic Dan Kennedy contended that it is our obligation to watch such difficult accounts in an essay for Harvard’s Nieman Foundation.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
They contended the economy and labor market are strong enough to support such a strategy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
The only way he might have contended for first, he said, was “if Pogacar doesn’t start the race.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Consumer Watchdog contended in its lawsuit that the surcharges violated Proposition 103 — the 1988 measure that governs insurer rate hikes — because the proposition does not allow for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
As an organizer working in urban communities, Barack had told me, he’d contended most often with a deep weariness in people—especially black people—a cynicism bred from a thousand small disappointments over time.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
