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

Years ago, a young free-lancer submitted a story to me about Iran-Contra that was filled with anonymous sources.
Fidel Castro climbed to power, Johnson informs us, on the back of adulatory news stories in the New York Times . The media have developed an insatiable passion for "witch hunts," such as the one that badly distorted Iran Contra stories during the Reagan years.
The premise was that scandal handles ending in "-gate" had become too tiresome, and that "Iran-Contra" was too clumsy.
Can you say Iran-Contra?
Abrams, assistant secretary of state under President Reagan, pleaded guilty to misleading Congress about the Iran-Contra affair, but was pardoned by President Bush.