contending

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Alliance sought a contempt order contending that the city was willfully obfuscating to cover up inadequate efforts to live up to its settlement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Altman has fired back on social media, contending Musk's agenda is to rule over the most powerful AI.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

She drives to work as an assistant buildings manager five days a week, so is also contending with higher petrol prices caused by the war.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

It is a long process that often involves contending with local bureaucracies and dueling with community opposition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“No, Pip,” Joe assented, as if he had been contending for that, all along; “and what I say to you is, you are right, Pip.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens