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On Thursday, Landa-Rodriguez pleaded no contest in Los Angeles County Superior Court to making criminal threats and was sentenced to time served, his lawyer Nicholas Rosenberg said.

Even more contested figures such as John F. Kennedy or Abraham Lincoln show the same pattern.

From Salon

For them, the game is not only a contest for silverware, pride and glory.

From BBC

The Guardian's art critic Adrian Searle said of Matić's work: "Peace and protest, friendship and family are all mixed together, along with contested ideas of nationhood and belonging."

From BBC

And at the past five contests, the team that won the opening foursomes matches has emerged victorious.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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