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contends

[kuhn-tendz] / kənˈtɛndz /




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Contends Helbing: "I definitely think that's a fair conclusion."

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2010

Contends Carl E. Officer, mayor of East St. Louis, Ill., which is 96% black: "Private enterprise looks at one thing� profits, and profits show up in green, not in black, not in white."

From Time Magazine Archive

Contends Tom�s A. Arciniega, vice president for academic affairs at California State University at Fresno: "The promotion of cultural differences has to be recognized as a valid and legitimate educational goal."

From Time Magazine Archive

Contends Kinsley: "To Schell, apparently, all considerations apart from the danger of nuclear war are mere distractions."

From Time Magazine Archive

Rose plot, Fringed pool, Ferned grot— The veriest school of peace; and yet the fool Contends that God is not— Not God! in gardens? when the even is cool?

From The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment by Grayson, David



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