contra

But, contra a nightmare scenario, not everyone is getting plastic surgery.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026

Giraffes, contra Lamarck, didn’t reach for high leaves, develop long necks and then pass those necks on to their descendants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

She also judged a biscuit competition and participated in contra dances, which is what got her into this music in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025

Those results do not tell us that our world is quantum; rather they prove that, contra Einstein, it cannot be ruled by classical physics.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 24, 2023

I would not have written this book if I did not believe, contra Wilde, that many principles of style really can be taught.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Mr. McFarlane, in interviews and in his memoirs, depicted the president as sometimes confused or vague about the details of what was happening with Iran and the contras.

From New York Times ● May 13, 2022

That stirred complaints from two AP Washington reporters who later said they felt Lewis held them back on their early reporting on North’s shadowy contacts with Nicaraguan contras.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2021

The contras died down for most of the past two decades, but are rumoured to be making a comeback amid growing frustration with Ortega’s increasingly authoritarian rule.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2016

Elliott Abrams, an adviser to President Reagan who gained notoriety for his role in the funding of the contras in Nicaragua, has spoken with Rubio about foreign affairs.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2016

It has been lucrative work, augmented by a group that for years has been in constant need of his services: U.S.-funded Nicaraguan contras across the border.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario