In recent years, the war has narrowed to a contest between government troops and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a group designated as a terrorist organization by the United States and others.
The New Democratic Party, led by Thomas Mulcair, took an early lead before the race narrowed to a contest between the Conservatives and the Liberals, led by Justin Trudeau.
After the formation of the German Empire in 1871, the Schleswig-Holstein question narrowed to a contest between Germany and Denmark over North Schleswig (which had a Danish-speaking majority).
The Peace of Prague (August 23 , 1866 ceded the duchies to Prussia, and after Prussia's formation of the German Empire in 1871, the Schleswig-Holstein question was narrowed to a contest between Denmark and Germany over North Schleswig.
Competition between Mediterranean nations for control of Asiatic commerce gradually narrowed to a contest between Venice and Genoa, with the former winning when it severely defeated its rival city in 1380; thereafter, in partnership with Egypt, Venice principally dominated the Oriental trade coming via the Indian Ocean and Red Sea to Alexandria.
The battle for the nomination narrowed to a contest between Eisenhower and Sen. Robert A. Taft.
The bidding had now narrowed down to a contest between a man at the back of the room and a man in the middle.
The bidding started at $500,000 and quickly narrowed down to a contest between the Field and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.
Mr. Nixon did not contest a narrow loss in that presidential election to John F. Kennedy.
There is a narrow gap between two cars ahead.
The party leader Marine Le Pen is contesting a narrow defeat in the northern town of Henin Beaumont, with perhaps just 100 votes the difference between her and the Socialist candidate.
