Example Sentences

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The white-robed pilgrims have been contending with searing desert heat as they perform the days-long, mostly outdoor rituals, with temperatures reaching 44C in Mecca and Mina on Wednesday.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

For more than a decade, city officials have been contending with logistical hurdles to turn the busiest passenger rail hub in North America into an entirely new neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Lower rates will bring relief to borrowers across the US, who have been contending with interest rates hovering at the highest levels in more than two decades.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024

La Sombrita, however, had the misfortune of landing at a moment of peak frustration among L.A.’s bus riders, who have been contending with years — yeeeaaars — of broken promises on questions of shelter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2023

For, if the great principle for which I have been contending is admitted, the objections which have been made to the details of our plan will vanish fast.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron