contend with
verb
contended with; contending with; contends with
: to deal with (something difficult or unpleasant)
Customers should not have to contend with the problems caused by these delays.
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Their joyous innocence depicts the newest generation of Black Americans who won’t contend with enslavement but will be forced to confront the terrors of Jim Crow.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
The team could contend with him as the centrepiece of the roster, but would the player want to stay?
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Sembcorp Marine was contending with COVID-era disruptions and a legal hangover from corruption investigations in Brazil; Keppel, meanwhile, had decided to reinvent itself as an asset manager and was eager to shed its manufacturing business.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
As a result, parts of the Southeast are contending with hazardous air quality resulting from the smoke, with the worst conditions reported near Savannah, Georgia; and Columbia, South Carolina.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
The team could contend with him as the centrepiece of the roster, but would the player want to stay?
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Sembcorp Marine was contending with COVID-era disruptions and a legal hangover from corruption investigations in Brazil; Keppel, meanwhile, had decided to reinvent itself as an asset manager and was eager to shed its manufacturing business.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
As a result, parts of the Southeast are contending with hazardous air quality resulting from the smoke, with the worst conditions reported near Savannah, Georgia; and Columbia, South Carolina.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Contend with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contend%20with. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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