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He is best known as a former Labour leader - having beaten his brother David, among others, in the dramatic leadership contest that followed the party's 2010 general election defeat.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Burnham was officially declared as the new Labour Party leader on Friday following a short contest in which he was the only candidate, having secured the backing of 379 MPs.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Nolan attempts to assert the text’s relevancy in our contemporary age, but that’s not something any scholar or even the average reader would contest.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Statues of independence hero Aung San are quietly disappearing across Myanmar in a contest over his legacy as father of both the nation and of detained democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Maybe at the contest, with a full day of fishing, she’d remember she loved Macon, too.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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
She joined their fandom, known as ARMY, went to meetings, started a fan account, voted in K-pop contests and posted religiously.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The formal declaration of Fujimori's win brings one of Peru's tightest leadership contests of all time to a close and ushers in the Andean nation's ninth president in a decade.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Top prep squads such as Chaminade-Madonna, Miami Northwestern and St. Thomas Aquinas showcase future college and pro stars in high-octane, pass-heavy contests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
She was too slim and elegant for beauty contests.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
Mr. Burnham, who served briefly in previous Labour governments, twice contested the party leadership before leaving Parliament nine years ago to run for mayor of Manchester.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The US made efforts to establish standards to strengthen and streamline the mechanics of voting after the contested 2000 presidential election and again following evidence of Russian election interference in the 2016 election.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
It means training dollars go to docket management and evidence law, not to programming on contested social or political questions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
At a time when the role of money in politics remains deeply contested, such patterns remind Americans that campaign finance is not just a story about donors and interest groups.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
He won every race he contested in the 1939 school season.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
Labour, the Conservatives, the Lib Dems, the Green Party and Restore Britain have all ruled out contesting the seat.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and Restore Britain have all ruled out contesting the Clacton by-election triggered by the resignation of Nigel Farage.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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
Gray urged all three to consider the hazards of contesting the charges in court.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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