contested
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“It came down to contested threes and not a lot of good possessions for us... in the end No.30 did what 30 does,” he said, referring to Curry.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
They load onto tankers at Houston and Corpus Christi in Texas “without crossing contested waters.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
I have forgotten the name of our opponent, but I do remember that it was a brutally contested game on a very hot day and we were ahead by only three points.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
An ID isn’t required to register or vote in California elections in which federal offices aren’t contested, such as the 2021 gubernatorial recall.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
For five or six strokes, the bows of the two boats contested for the lead, back and forth like the heads of racehorses coming down the stretch.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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