Example Sentences

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Even a candidate deemed safe enough to fight - and narrowly win - the high-profile Peterborough by-election in 2019 was not permitted to recontest the seat.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2022

Tudge will recontest the election, expected in May.

From Reuters • Mar. 4, 2022

On Friday, the 72-year-old told senior colleagues during a party meeting that he intends to focus on the coronavirus crisis rather than recontest the leadership.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2021

The governors of Bayelsa, Cross Rivers and Sokoto, whose seats were also annulled by the court order, are planning to recontest them this year, and remain out of office until they do.

From Reuters • Feb. 5, 2012