Example Sentences

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This year has been a difficult one for builders, who have contended with tepid demand, more competition from homeowners listing their properties, and investor fears of higher costs due to tariffs.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Employers in the U.K. have contended with new payroll taxes brought in by the government in April.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

Among the other natural disasters with which US disaster officials have contended this year were rampant wildfires in Los Angeles.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

Shi’s lawyers have contended that their client was suffering from a schizoaffective disorder and post traumatic stress brought on by the divorce paperwork.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

All this accords with my theory of electrical creation, and proves, as I have contended for many years, that man's body as well as the universe is an electric organism.

From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by Warder, George Woodward