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Example sentences for: contending

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Denby even goes against the conventional wisdom, contending that "the Gere-Roberts connection is still alive."
And now, most damningly, some conservatives are contending that Carey instigated the UPS strike in order to distract attention from his own troubles.
Everybody reports inside that Linda Tripp yesterday sued the White House and the Pentagon, contending that both violated her privacy by unlawfully disclosing information about her from her personnel file and other government records.
A piece describes the contending capsule designs.
He stonewalled and disrupted the Republicans at every turn, contending that the investigation was ignoring GOP wrongdoing.