Thesaurus / contend
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Several characteristics of Waun Mawn link it to Stonehenge, the scientists contend.
STONEHENGE MAY HAVE HAD ROOTS IN A WELSH STONE CIRCLEBRUCE BOWERFEBRUARY 12, 2021SCIENCE NEWSThe US may have to contend with sporadic outbreaks and even vaccine boosters, as immunity declines and new variants of the virus emerge.
COVID-19 VACCINES ARE GREAT — BUT YOU STILL NEED TO WEAR A MASK FOR NOWUMAIR IRFANFEBRUARY 9, 2021VOXShe said such a move would lead to more job cuts as the industry contends with economic losses from one of Oregon’s worst wildfire seasons.
“WE HAVE COUNTIES IN DEEP TROUBLE”: OREGON LAWMAKERS SEEK TO REVERSE TIMBER TAX CUTS THAT COST COMMUNITIES BILLIONSBY ROB DAVIS, THE OREGONIAN/OREGONLIVE, AND TONY SCHICK, OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTINGFEBRUARY 5, 2021PROPUBLICAIt’s a question Tampa Bay has to contend with as we collectively contemplate other major sports mascots with dubious legacies, like their Super Bowl rivals in Kansas City.
THE BUCCANEERS EMBODY TAMPA’S LOVE OF PIRATES. IS THAT A PROBLEM?JAMIE GOODALLFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWhen it comes to a mass-participation event, you have to contend with thousands of people traveling to and from the race, not to mention the inevitable clusters of spectators along the route.
WILL MAJOR MARATHONS ACTUALLY COME BACK THIS FALL?MARTIN FRITZ HUBERFEBRUARY 4, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINECongressional Democrats in Maryland contend the lopsided supply and demand undermines the state’s goal of making sure those who need the vaccine most get it first.
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS CALL FOR ‘COURSE CORRECTION’ AMID REGIONWIDE FRUSTRATION OVER VACCINE ROLLOUTERIN COX, REBECCA TAN, ANTONIO OLIVOFEBRUARY 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAmazon’s Andy Jassy is also going to have to contend with new scrutiny over Amazon’s business practices and its treatment of workers that has led to the first major unionization drive in the company’s history.
WITH BEZOS OUT AS AMAZON CEO, ZUCKERBERG IS THE LAST MAN STANDINGELIZABETH DWOSKINFEBRUARY 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTRescuers, however, contend that the videos that went viral on social media suggest the incident had been planned.
THE UNLIKELY DOLPHIN RESCUE HOT SPOT: PAKISTANCHARU KASTURIFEBRUARY 2, 2021OZYGenerally, the company contends that it takes privacy seriously and doesn’t conduct its own surveillance.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT QUIET ON RELATIONSHIPS WITH ‘PREDICTIVE POLICING’ COMPANYJESSE MARXFEBRUARY 2, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOHealth-care workers have had to contend with ever-changing guidelines on whom to vaccinate and the availability of doses.
I JUMPED THE QUEUE TO GET AN EXPIRING VACCINE. DID I DO THE RIGHT THING?NIALL FIRTHFEBRUARY 1, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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WORDS RELATED TO CONTEND
- agitating
- altercating
- answering
- bandying
- bickering
- bumping heads
- canvassing
- chewing the fat
- cogitating
- confabbing
- confuting
- considering
- contending
- contesting
- controverting
- crossing swords
- deliberating
- demonstrating
- differing
- discepting
- disproving
- disputing
- hammering away at
- hash over
- hassling
- having at it
- kicking around
- knocking around
- locking horns
- mooting
- opposing
- pettifoing
- picking a bone
- proving
- putting up argument
- questioning
- reasoning
- rebutting
- refuting
- rehashing
- setting to
- talk game
- talking back
- thrashing out
- tossing around
- wrangling
- acknowledge
- advance
- advocate
- affirm
- allegate
- allege
- announce
- argue
- assert
- asservate
- attest
- aver
- avow
- be positive
- blaze
- bring forward
- certify
- cite
- claim
- confess
- confirm
- contend
- convey
- demonstrate
- disclose
- enunciate
- give out
- inform
- insist
- maintain
- manifest
- notify
- pass
- proclaim
- profess
- promulgate
- pronounce
- propound
- publish
- put forward
- reaffirm
- reassert
- render
- repeat
- reveal
- set forth
- show
- sound
- state
- stress
- swear
- tell
- testify
- validate
- vouch
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- battle
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- cover
- entrench
- espouse
- fend off
- fight
- fight for
- fortify
- foster
- garrison
- guard
- guard against
- hedge
- hold
- hold at bay
- house
- insure
- keep safe
- look after
- maintain
- mine
- nourish
- oppose
- panoply
- preserve
- prevent
- provide sanctuary
- repel danger
- resist
- retain
- safeguard
- save
- screen
- secure
- shelter
- shield
- stave off
- sustain
- take in
- uphold
- war
- ward off
- watch
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- advocating
- aiding
- apologizing for
- arguing
- asserting
- back up
- backing
- bearing one out
- befriending
- championing
- coming to defense of
- covering for
- endorsing
- espousing
- exculpating
- exonerating
- explaining
- going to batting for
- guaranteeing
- justifying
- maintaining
- pleading
- proving a case
- putting in a good word
- rationalizing
- recommending
- riding shotguning for
- saying in defense
- seconding
- speaking up for
- standing by
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- sticking up for
- stonewalling
- supporting
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- thump for
- upholding
- vindicating
- warranting
- altered
- be distinguished from
- bore no resemblance
- clashed with
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- departed from
- deviate from
- digressed
- disagreed
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- diverged
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- jar with
- lack resemblance
- modified
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- took exception
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- bearing no resemblance
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- being unlike
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- diverging
- diversifying
- jar with
- lack resemblance
- modifying
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- reversing
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- singing a different tune
- standing apart
- taking exception
- turning
- varying
- alters
- be distinguishes from
- bears no resemblance
- clashes with
- conflict with
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- contrasts
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- deviate from
- digresses
- disagrees
- divaricates from
- diverges
- diversifies
- is off the beats path
- is unlike
- jar with
- lack resemblance
- modifies
- not conforms
- not looks like
- qualifies
- reverses
- runs counter to
- shows contrast
- sings a different tune
- stands apart
- takes exception
- turns
- varies
- altercate
- battle
- bicker
- brawl
- break with
- bring action
- clash
- contend
- contest
- controversialize
- controvert
- debate
- differ
- disaccord
- discept
- discord
- dispute
- dissent
- divide
- fall out
- feud
- fight
- go for the jugular
- haggle
- have words
- jump on
- lay into
- let have it
- logomachize
- object
- oppose
- palter
- quarrel
- quibble
- rip
- row
- scrap
- set to
- skirmish
- spar
- spat
- sue
- take issue
- take on
- war
- wrangle
- zap
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