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The results underscore the headwinds the Chinese electronics giant has been contending with across its businesses, with shares under pressure over the past six months amid concerns about the challenging environment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The firm has been contending with drinkers switching to no or low-alcohol choices, as well as rising prices that have increased its costs and squeezed customer budgets.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

From toxic algal blooms in the Great Lakes to sewage pouring into Detroit basements to choking wildfire smoke that drifted south from Canada, Michigan has been contending with the fallout from climate change.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2023

The scandal has become a national embarrassment for the nation’s second most populous city, which also has been contending with an unchecked homeless crisis and rising crime rates.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Then he says, that the rule of Grotius and others, against which he has been contending, “he takes to be false, at least,” says he, “by the laws of England.”

From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by Cobbett, William