contra
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Giraffes, contra Lamarck, didn’t reach for high leaves, develop long necks and then pass those necks on to their descendants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
She also judged a biscuit competition and participated in contra dances, which is what got her into this music in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
Was Sam Bankman-Fried not such a business pro after all, contra Michael Lewis?
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2023
"Despite all these contra indicators, the market keeps selling off," Murphy said.
From Reuters ● Jan. 24, 2022
I would not have written this book if I did not believe, contra Wilde, that many principles of style really can be taught.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
That stirred complaints from two AP Washington reporters who later said they felt Lewis held them back on their early reporting on North’s shadowy contacts with Nicaraguan contras.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2021
They chose to fight back through covert action, secret paramilitary operations and support for a counterrevolutionary force, the contras.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2021
The contras died down for most of the past two decades, but are rumoured to be making a comeback amid growing frustration with Ortega’s increasingly authoritarian rule.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2016
AC isn’t just unnecessary, the cooling contras say, but an engine of apocalypse.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2015
Somoza was long gone, the contras were nothing but a memory.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
