contested
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Space Command must drill with these weapons under contested conditions, including cyberattacks, electronic interference and attacks on supporting ground infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
This is about your wife and her family — not you, nor whether or not you should have contested the decision.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Before Brentford's opener, it was a closely contested match that appeared likely to be decided by the first goal.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
But surely those efforts can be contested in court?
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
They contested its claim for a 2005 crash of a helicopter into a government- owned warehouse in Pyongyang.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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