contention
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For Dallas, a 10th straight loss leaves the Mavericks marooned in 12th in the Western Conference, and outside of playoff contention.
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New Zealand's world champion Finley Melville Ives suffered a hard fall in the qualifiers that put him out of contention for the final.
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Another point of contention will be the Ukraine war, where Germany has been a strong backer of Kyiv since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion four years ago next week.
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“What happened to you was not miraculous,” he tells her, and the contention is to her tantamount to a slap in the face.
The other bone of contention, India’s soaring purchases of discounted Russian oil, may resolve itself organically, says Amitendu Palit, senior research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies in Singapore.
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