contend

There was a sense beforehand that Ward could contend here.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

The year-on-year comparison was weighed down by the lack of a major release in the quarter to contend with last year's blockbuster "Assassin's Creed Shadows", released in March, Ubisoft said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Yet as Polestar prepares to exit from the U.S. market, it may contend with state laws that often require automakers to compensate dealers when they pull up stakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

However, some experts contend that area thunderstorms on Saturday might help alleviate and disperse the worst of the concerns.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

“We couldn’t hurt living creatures, that’s quite true. But Asriel’s army is going to contend with other kinds of being as well.”

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Elliott contends that right now, stocks are incredibly expensive by almost any measure, and stock prices are based on very high growth expectations.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

But in Canada, Cardwell contends that supply management is likely "not going anywhere".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

The dust-up over data comes as the cattle industry contends with a growing list of challenges, including from the U.S.-Iran war, which has increased costs for farming staples like fuel and fertilizer.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

The union contends the plan should have gone through a stricter environmental review and that the company had not been clear on whether it planned to charge the public for events in the park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

The book also contends that Boyle developed a novel technique for winning support by turning readers into virtual witnesses: virtual witnessing is important, but Boyle was hardly a pioneer in this respect either.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Taco Bell, the fourth-largest U.S. fast-food chain by sales, has contended with its own episodes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

However, she contended that the central bank need not now “act with the same force” after the dramatic increases in energy prices in 2022-23 after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

“Bessent and Warsh are working as a team,” Yardeni contended in a new research note posted to his site, Yardeni Quick Takes.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

The defendant has contended he did not realise that he had run over anyone -- a claim that another prosecutor, Marco Reinl, called utterly implausible.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

They did not fare very well, though each of them negotiated some skimpily favorable remark before the protesting prosecution, which contended that personal comments of this nature were “incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial,” hushed and banished them.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

The industry that makes those chips, meanwhile, which includes South Korea’s SK Hynix, Micron and Samsung Electronics, is contending with a memory crunch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

After the eight-day-long fire in a 500,000-square-foot Boyle Heights warehouse, eastern Los Angeles residents are contending with putrid smells, soot and potentially hazardous airborne chemicals after heavy plumes of smoke spread throughout the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

What to watch out for: While Morocco's run to the last four in Qatar was a surprise, this side contending in the United States are much more than plucky underdogs.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

In addition to the higher prices for poultry litter, Arrington is contending with price hikes for synthetic fertilizer.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

Gray challenged the laws themselves, contending that the provisions of Alabama’s laws and Montgomery’s city ordinances requiring racial segregation were unconstitutional.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose