Example sentences for: contra

How can you use “contra” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In 1987, Stephen Kinzer of the New York Times encountered a contra patrol in northern Nicaragua, chatted with the men amicably for an hour or so, and then got ready to leave.

  • The Times of London urged Clinton to follow the examples of Nixon and Reagan, who had tried to restore their reputations during the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals by throwing themselves into foreign affairs.

  • The new program, headquartered in Oakland, was the result of a merger between San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance (SFNLAF), Community Legal Services in San Jose, and Legal Foundation of Contra Costa.

  • Perhaps no duck was lamer than Ronald Reagan after Iran-Contra, yet resignation was never a serious issue."

  • He was also constrained by a bill he signed into law that made it illegal to ship military aid to anticommunist Contra guerrillas in Nicaragua, whom he strongly supported.


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