contested
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Such a network of rivers, if it existed, would revolutionize America’s trading system and help the nation stake a claim to the contested and uncharted areas west of the Rockies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
They load onto tankers at Houston and Corpus Christi in Texas “without crossing contested waters.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
After the Lakers gave up a 9-0 run to start the second quarter, he hit a contested three out of a timeout to get the team back on track.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
The company had planned to sell the two contested ports as part of a $23 billion deal to a group that includes BlackRock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
For five or six strokes, the bows of the two boats contested for the lead, back and forth like the heads of racehorses coming down the stretch.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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