contested
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Two years later, state Sen. Laura Richardson waited 17 days to be announced victor of a hotly contested race in South Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
"New Zealand faces the most adverse and contested geostrategic environment in the past 80 years," she said.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
This one was hotly contested, but Hearts boss Derek McInnes won by a single vote ahead of Motherwell's Jens Berthel Askou.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
That is worrying for India, which has clashed with China several times along their lengthy and contested Himalayan border.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Much of the southern highlands were “debatable lands” in the border sense of a contested territory without established government or the rule of law.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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