contested
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While the number may be in dispute, Sanders’ actions were not contested.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The weakening of America’s Protestant work ethic, to use a contested but irreplaceable phrase, is a complicated story, but you could trace its beginnings to the 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Ukraine has shown what war looks like from a more vulnerable position, when that strength is contested at scale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
They load onto tankers at Houston and Corpus Christi in Texas “without crossing contested waters.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
On a clear morning later that spring, a small military plane cruised low over the Plain of Reeds, a contested area near Saigon.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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