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contend

— verb maintain or assert He contended that Communism had no future — verb (= argue) have an argument about something — verb (= contest) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation They contested the outcome of the race — verb (= compete) compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others — verb (= get by, make do) come to terms with We got by on just a gallon of gas They made do on half a loaf of bread every day — verb (= fight) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight the tribesmen fought each other Siblings are always fighting Militant groups are contending for control of the country

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compete fight struggle vie dispute contest argue strive maintain battle debate quarrel combat claim assert wrestle rival allege postulate make out fence profess grapple get by war usurp seize repugn race purport plead oppose manage make do grab declare deal cope conflict challenge bicker aver wrest something from someone wrangle willing wage war vie with uphold underpin tussle

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Debate
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Quarrel

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For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood, whose guiltless drops do make such waste in brief mortality.
It would have been a considerable strain to any ordinary woman, no doubt, but this woman, the prosecution contend, is no ordinary woman.
Now, do you see what I have to contend with?
We'll have to contend with Geronimo and Taza.
There will be mines and ice to contend with.
I further contend this incident with the gin is immaterial and irrelevant.
He has decided to forsake a situation too difficult for him to contend with and has asked us for a final reckoning tonight at the Sphinx.
See what I have to contend with.
It isn't just Tlotoxl we have to contend with.
I have many things to contend with, Patricia, but I do not flag.
First you must contend with my pupil.
Well unless I'm very much mistaken we're going to have a lot more than rumour to contend with.
Don't want to have to contend with a sticky wicket.
In Egypt we'll have to contend with a lot of difficulties and. there's always the danger of meeting pirates.
I'm afraid we have Mr Birnley to contend with first.
An Indian happened to slip by the men in the fields. he had every female in this town to contend with.
If we do that- if we let all those people know about the shelter on our street- we'd have a whole mob to contend with.
And you contend, Mr Firbank, that Mr Ford was simply conducting a dry run, merely testing a murder plan for his comic strip?
First you must contend with my pupil. Yes, I know. I'd like a match with the man who won with a splendid doh attack just now.
As if that isn't enough, I've got last-minute repentance to contend with.
And having bought it, I contend, in the light of its history, that I am now its rightful owner.
In Egypt we'll have to contend with a lot of difficulties. and there's always the danger of meeting pirates on the way.
You cannot kill her immediately. And until you do, you have the problem of Nicolai to contend with.
You may say that, sir, but many important diplomats contend that you remain the most hated man in the state.
I suppose if we made the cut. above the popliteal division instead of below. we'd have fewer arteries to contend with.
Seek rather not to contend.
For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of flood, whose guiltless drops do make such waste in brief mortality.
I don't want a madman to contend with.
Then there's the mental emotional state To contend with.
We must soon contend with a gang of bandits.
The mutates would be the only ones we'd have to contend with.
And you contend, Mr. Burbank. that Mr. Ford was simply conducting a dry run?
The people in the capital contend that this improbable story took place in Moscow.
Seven cities contend over this, just as seven cities call themselves the birthplace of Homer.
There are three at the moment. Fire those, we could have a dozen to contend with.
Today, Jake wouldn't have the same problems to contend with.
The defendant does not contend the suit.

News and current affairs

Many contend that the agenda is being driven by knuckle-dragging climate-change deniers.
The only rational course of action would seem to be to curtail global consumption of fossil fuels, as the Kyoto Treaty's proponents contend, and invest in alternative energy sources.
While the incumbent president, Dilma Rousseff, supports the BCB's existing institutional framework, her opponents contend that monetary policy is plagued by political interference, which would best be addressed by giving the BCB greater autonomy.
For example, Brazil must contend with a recession, low oil prices, and an unprecedented corruption scandal at Petrobras, the state oil company.
I contend that their concern for world opinion-if that concern played the role I am suggesting it did-was for their country, not for themselves.
Closed political systems and stagnant economies in the Muslim world, they contend, are symptoms, not causes.
Obama faces the continuing challenges of unemployment and a recalcitrant Republican opposition, and Sarkozy must contend with similar problems.
While many in the West contend (and perhaps hope) that China will not succeed in transforming its economy, Xi and Li are acutely aware of the previous growth model's unsustainability - and the challenges that changing it will entail.
Those who predict capitalism's demise have to contend with one important historical fact: capitalism has an almost unlimited capacity to reinvent itself.
A country's government, Keynesians contend, has the capacity - and responsibility - to solve many, if not all, of its economic problems.
Some have excellent infrastructure at their disposal, while their international competitors may have to contend with constant power cuts.
It must also contend with significant fiscal drag, ongoing deleveraging in the household sector (amid weak job creation, stagnant incomes, and persistent downward pressure on real estate and financial wealth), rising inequality, and political gridlock.
Moreover, economists contend that energy consumption per capita is declining, owing to more efficient use.
Instead of suppressing its diversity in the name of national unity, India acknowledged its pluralism in its institutional arrangements: all groups, faiths, tastes, and ideologies survive and contend for their place in the sun.
But in that effort, India must contend with its neighbor, China, which speaks with a louder voice and carries a larger stick.
As for fascism, its political heirs in countries like Italy and France must contend with the stigma of the past.
Nature had to contend with a libel suit for pointing out that a physics journal had published many articles by its editor, and that these articles had not been subjected to peer review.
Only by dismantling the welfare state, critics contend, can progress be made.
Proponents also contend that the two-decade decline in the overall incidence of deaths from prostate cancer is the result of increasingly widespread PSA testing.
Not only must they contend with the prospect of falling exports and confidence; they also are the latest victims of a financial crisis that started in the United States, traveled to Europe, and now has swept across their borders.
Sharia courts contend that unless four witnesses catch a man in the act, he cannot be convicted.
President Barack Obama must contend with a far more complex political environment, beginning with the US Congress.
But China's leaders will have to contend with other countries' reactions, as well as with the constraints implied by the need for external markets and resources in order to meet their economic-growth objectives.

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