contending

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Alliance sought a contempt order contending that the city was willfully obfuscating to cover up inadequate efforts to live up to its settlement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Here’s a roundup of the shows contending for best musical and best play, as covered by Charles Isherwood, The Wall Street Journal’s theater critic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Altman has fired back on social media, contending Musk's agenda is to rule over the most powerful AI.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

She drives to work as an assistant buildings manager five days a week, so is also contending with higher petrol prices caused by the war.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Now she, who had been impatient once, and violent, who had cursed and shouted and contended like a man, moved into silence, contending only, and with the last measure of her strength, with God.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin