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The lawsuit prompted residents to reach out to tribal members from the Fort Mojave and Chemehuevi reservations who had been disputing a separate development in nearby Ivanpah Valley.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023

Her husband had been disputing emergency room charges when the hospital sued; the case was resolved and dismissed.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2019

Upon that they had been disputing for some time.

From The Passionate Friends by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The Thomists and the Scotists, together called the Ancients, had been disputing at Paris for half a century with the Terminists, or Moderns, the followers of Ockam and Buridan.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan

Citizen Fusilier entered, followed by a small volley of retorts from those with whom he had been disputing, and who rose as he did.

From The Grandissimes by Cable, George Washington