contest
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But the mere fact that McLean is Team USA’s best option in a contest with such high stakes shows just how fraught the relationship still is between MLB organizations and the WBC.
This is an edition of the WSJ China newsletter, a weekly dispatch of exclusive insights on the contest between the U.S. and China, brought to you by the WSJ’s top China correspondent.
It was a compelling contest which went down to the wire, with two state schools playing high-octane rugby in front of a passionate crowd of over a thousand people.
From BBC
Downing Street, as ever, is at pains not to get involved in a public mudslinging contest with the White House.
From BBC
For more than a year, Scottish politicians have been grappling with matters of life and death as they debated one of the most contested bills in the history of devolution.
From BBC
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