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Example sentences for: contra

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Such a perplexing word might be called a contronym, using the prefix contra- (from the Latin contra meaning against), or possibly a contradictonym.
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.
Book -- Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up , by Lawrence E. Walsh;
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.
When the San Jose Mercury News recently published its findings linking the CIA and Contra drug-runners, the rumors flared anew.