contested
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I have forgotten the name of our opponent, but I do remember that it was a brutally contested game on a very hot day and we were ahead by only three points.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
A hotly contested race for Texas’ 15th congressional district has taken a strange turn: One of the candidates keeps showing up at quinceañeras.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
But the Uffizi Galleries contested this account, saying its security systems were inaccessible from the outside.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Seizing Kharg Island and the islands near the mainland would require an amphibious landing on a contested shoreline, among “the hardest operations” a military can attempt, and one that Iran is almost certainly prepared for.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Since saber fencing is so subjective—the referee ultimately decides every contested point—I didn’t want to give him any added reason not to award points to my sister during her bouts.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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