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contested

adjective as in disputed

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Secondly, contested notions of fairness are so often central to the most contentious political arguments, and this one is no different.

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Venezuelan authorities have released more than 100 people arrested following July's contested presidential election, according to a local rights group.

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The Brazilian government believes the January 2023 riots were part of a coup attempt orchestrated by Bolsonaro following his defeat in a tightly contested presidential election the previous October.

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Many of those claims are contested by environmentalists.

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House of Representatives next year after defeating Democrat Will Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, in a hotly contested race to represent a Riverside County swing district.

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