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Even before the conflict, consumers were contending with a soft labor market and a savings rate that left little room to absorb a sudden shock.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

But markets were contending with something else entirely: high inflation and a Federal Reserve hiking interest rates.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Through the first part of November, they also were contending with a record-long government shutdown, which disrupted food aid, air travel and many federal workers’ paychecks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

A Fed survey released April 19 said more businesses were contending with tighter lending standards and growing uncertainty about liquidity.

From Washington Post • May 2, 2023

Seventy thousand men were contending for the mastery on a territory scarcely a mile square!

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton