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Overall, the Ohio Senate race is ranking as the most expensive general-election contest this year, with a total of $422.6 million in past and future ad reservations, according to AdImpact.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

In the sixth, Dodgers setup man Tanner Scott took the mound early, at an inflection point in the contest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

By the time their performance improved in Lisbon on Thursday, they were three goals down and effectively already out of the contest, hamstrung by their own sloppy mistakes.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The decision brings to a close a contest between Lufthansa and Franco-Dutch rival airline group Air France-KLM for the acquisition of the stake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

I prepare to jump into a roast contest when a roar suddenly sounds from the forest in front of us—and I think I see a huge form lumbering toward us.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

At the same time, races at the local level could have an outsize impact, including contests for control of the governor’s mansion and state house.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Broaden the search to state and local contests and there are 474 electoral rematches nationwide -- proving that in American politics, as in Hollywood, there is rarely any objection to a sequel.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

He’s been tracking political contests nationwide for more than 25 years and edits and publishes Inside Elections — formerly the Rothenberg Political Report — another nonpartisan field guide to campaigns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

It will be “trench warfare” in battleground contests, but he’s confident the president can turn out Republican voters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

He cut his teeth on Montana match races, relays on unpedigreed horses in Indian country, and contests at rough tracks with names like Chinook and Stampede.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The deal -- long contested by Commerzbank -- should enable UniCredit to merge Commerzbank with its German subsidiary HypoVereinsbank, acquired in 2005.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

England also finished as runners-up in 1975, when the tournament was contested in a league format.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

This 20th edition of the Games, which were first contested in 1951, did not have a traditional athletes' village in a bid to save money.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

A huge legal battle involving tens of billions of dollars in contested tax bills for major corporations centers on the interpretation of a two-word phrase, my colleague Richard Rubin reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Likewise, the celebrated rationality of the fifth century represents a retrospective bleaching of what was actually a complex and contested story.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Fourteen electoral lists are contesting the election, but polls indicate only seven are likely to clear the five-percent threshold needed to enter parliament.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

The fiercest recent fighting has been on the western approaches, where the two sides are contesting high ground overlooking the city's route south.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

By contesting the decision, you might have supplanted positive memories with ill will and friction.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The couple is contesting the IRS’s claims in tax court, arguing their financial moves align with standard industry practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

When two males are contesting the alpha position, they usually do so by forming extensive coalitions of supporters, both male and female, from within the group.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari