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Example sentences for: contending

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The NYT reports that New York University, contending that its name is being tarnished, has filed a federal lawsuit against the operators of a sexually explicit Web site that features a secret camera purportedly spying on scantily- but NYU-logoed-clad women students romping in their dormitory.
A long feature blames Yasser Arafat for the failure of the Middle East peace process, contending that Israel has got nothing in return for granting Palestinian autonomy.
And now, most damningly, some conservatives are contending that Carey instigated the UPS strike in order to distract attention from his own troubles.
Ankara's preferred attitude towards its 12 million Kurds is to deny they exist, in an ethnic sense, by contending they are really something called 'Mountain Turks.
President Clinton offered us a perceptive analysis of Saudi Arabia, contending that fundamentally friendly rulers have been constrained by their desire to preserve the status quo.