Example Sentences

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We see habeas petitions in these cases where students are contesting their detention.

From Slate • May 21, 2025

A separate civil case in the UK, which the brothers are contesting, accuses the brothers and a third individual of being serial tax evaders.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

But the sheer scale and severity of the charges that City are contesting has inevitably focused questions on a decade in which they won the Premier League three times - alongside other trophies.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

In those countries it is allowing alternatives but charging a 27 percent commission, a solution that regulators in the countries are contesting.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2024

When two males are contesting the alpha position, they usually do so by forming extensive coalitions of supporters, both male and female, from within the group.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari