as in challenged
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of vowed to contest the claim in court
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Recent Examples of contested But the longer-term consequences of that history are hotly contested. —
Kevin Breuninger,jeff Cox,alex Harring,matt Peterson, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026 The race to fill the Porter County Board of Commissioners District 2 seat held by Republican Barb Regnitz is contested on both sides of the aisle, with two experienced county officeholders competing for the Republican ticket and two political newcomers vying for the Democratic ticket. —Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026 While the number may be in dispute, Sanders’ actions were not contested. —Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 When Cameroon’s main opposition candidate, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, contested the result of the poll, deadly protests erupted throughout the country. —Claudio Lavanga, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026 The issue of whether to drill there has been contested for many years. —Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2026 When Cameroon’s main opposition candidate, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, contested the result of the poll, deadly protests erupted throughout the country. —ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 As Holocaust memory is increasingly contested in the public sphere and the trauma of the Holocaust is joined by other tragedies for the Jews, Rosensaft’s vision has grown uncertain. —Stewart Ain, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026 Many of the races on the DLCC’s 2026 target list were pivotal in 2024 and are expected to be hotly contested again in November. —Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
Kevin Breuninger,jeff Cox,alex Harring,matt Peterson, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026 The race to fill the Porter County Board of Commissioners District 2 seat held by Republican Barb Regnitz is contested on both sides of the aisle, with two experienced county officeholders competing for the Republican ticket and two political newcomers vying for the Democratic ticket. —Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026 While the number may be in dispute, Sanders’ actions were not contested. —Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 When Cameroon’s main opposition candidate, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, contested the result of the poll, deadly protests erupted throughout the country. —Claudio Lavanga, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026 The issue of whether to drill there has been contested for many years. —Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2026 When Cameroon’s main opposition candidate, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, contested the result of the poll, deadly protests erupted throughout the country. —ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 As Holocaust memory is increasingly contested in the public sphere and the trauma of the Holocaust is joined by other tragedies for the Jews, Rosensaft’s vision has grown uncertain. —Stewart Ain, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026 Many of the races on the DLCC’s 2026 target list were pivotal in 2024 and are expected to be hotly contested again in November. —Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
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Quero challenged, and again it was overturned to a strike.— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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The agency has recently been challenged over changes to vaccines made under HHS Secretary Kennedy.— Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
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Animal rights activists questioned whether the wolf could survive outside the zoo and also worried it might be killed during capture, something that happened to a puma that escaped from the same zoo in 2018.— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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The teen’s parents later questioned how her abuser was able to continue working with children following his arrest.— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
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In court filings, the Newton Police Department has disputed the allegations, saying officers responded to multiple calls about roughly 100 spectators at Heartbreak Hill who were impeding the race.— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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Amazon has previously disputed Bonta's claims.— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
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