contest

She ultimately pleaded no contest to driving with a suspended license.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

"Space control encapsulates the mission areas required to contest and control the space domain -- employing kinetic and non-kinetic means to affect adversary capabilities," the statement said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Leonard previously agreed to pay a $700,000 fine and did not contest the sanctions, removing the possibility of the case going to arbitration because the mechanism only exists for players and not teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Racing domestically or internationally to grow a superintelligent mind that nobody can understand is a contest nobody wins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

I feel like doing jumping jacks or a backflip or participating in an ice cream–eating contest.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

“Since the creation of television, men have been historically underrepresented,” Mulaney said, explaining that the medium was all “beauty contests and children talking to hand puppets until the early ’60s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Netflix also has Christmas games, while more international contests are played Sunday mornings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

There are more than a dozen gubernatorial contests with at least some degree of competition, including close races in Ohio, Georgia and Wisconsin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Taylor beat Pili on points in Dublin to become undisputed light-welterweight champion and retires with 26 wins from 27 professional contests, Olympic gold and three undisputed title triumphs across two divisions.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

There were cards that required you to play an air guitar solo, speak like an English-dubbed anime character, eat leaves like a giraffe, engage in staring contests, and end every sentence with the word dawg.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

But surely those efforts can be contested in court?

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

He was mostly there to attend the final two rounds of the Irish Open golf tournament, being contested at a resort he owns in County Clare.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

However, deep mistrust remains, with their contested frontier, a widening trade deficit and strategic rivalry still complicating ties.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Consciousness is philosophically one of the thorniest issues of our time, and there is almost nothing we can say about it that someone serious has not already contested.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

As the swelling throng marched singing into Montgomery, the Voting Rights Act was beginning its own contested journey through the political thickets of Congress.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

She’s contesting the emerging narrative—and maybe her apparent ouster, too.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Earlier this year, the firm signed a 12-month agreement worth $1.2 million with Atiku Abubakar, who is contesting the Nigerian presidency.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

China's two-time US Open quarter-finalist Zheng Qinwen, contesting a Grand Slam qualifying event for the first time since the 2022 Australian Open, defeated compatriot Xiaodi You 6-3 6-2.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

“Waymo reviews all received citations and may engage with the court to address and resolve them, including contesting cases on their merit if we believe they were issued erroneously,” a company spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Nothing much happened in court, other than Du Bois announcing his plans to file a motion contesting the decision to try Richard as an adult.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater