contend (with)

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Verb
  • But perhaps the most telling moment came when panelists addressed the persistent question of work-life balance – a query, as Andrew Liang noted, rarely posed to male filmmakers.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2025
  • This offseason, the Giants addressed the QB position in a major way.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
Verb
  • Majorities oppose the imposition of tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, with approval ratings of just 27%, 29% and 36%, respectively.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
  • At the time, Paul was opposing Trump’s nomination of Mike Pompeo, then the CIA director, for secretary of state.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025
Verb
  • Now managed by the National Trust, the estate is open to the public, allowing visitors to step inside and experience firsthand the setting of one of literature’s most enduring love stories.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
  • In the government’s view, UBS’s American business, which manages $2.1 trillion for wealthy clients and lends them money, is a potential risk, and regulators want the bank to increase its ability to absorb steep losses there.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • If there are a number of cautions on Sunday, don’t be surprised if some teams begin to fight mechanical gremlins.
    Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 14 June 2025
  • There are mysteries to be solved and fights to be fought, but most of all, there’s a lot of growing up to do.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • Production is being handled by Fortiche Films (Jérôme Combe, Hervé Dupont), with Les Storygraphes and ARTE France onboard as co-producers.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 10 June 2025
  • The collection also includes three of Made In’s award-winning French knives—a chef knife, utility knife, and paring knife—with unique denim micarta knife handles.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • Eight engines, four water tenders, two helicopters, two dozers and two hand crews have been combating the blaze.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025
  • The Special Investigations Division’s Child Exploitation Prevention Unit conducted an undercover operation to combat online child exploitation, Boisvert said.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Our Senate and representatives are all manipulating their own power rather than running the country.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
  • But the lesson of the ’74 Act is clear: Absent congressional will, lawmakers inevitably will find ways to manipulate their own rules to make deficits even worse.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • The brand takes its name from its original owner, Jacob Schram, a German immigrant who purchased the land and started making wine there in the 1860s.
    Katie Sweeney, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • Probably, they can be taken into account starting this month.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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“Contend (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contend%20%28with%29. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.

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