The phrase "after contending with" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where someone has faced challenges or difficulties before reaching a conclusion or outcome.
Example: "After contending with numerous obstacles, she finally achieved her goal."
Alternatives: "after dealing with" or "after facing".
Jerry Bailey, back to work after contending with a kidney stone last week, noted that Red Bullet "flipped in the gate" and "he just didn't have anything".
To step down: Masataka Shimizu, the president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., which, after contending with huge costs related to the Fukushima nuclear incident, posted a $15.28 billion loss over the past fiscal year — the largest annual loss outside the financial sector in Japan's history.
After contending with God and myself, I devote the day to whatever legal endeavor I'm undertaking, or an assignment from one of my classes (which is the only time I have interactions with other inmates, outside of going out on a health-care pass or to the commissary).
Graduating Westwood students frequently default on their loans after contending with the school's poor job-placement rates.
"We're going after leads and contending with the big agencies," Mr. Harrell said.
Power wrote of Sergio Vieira de Mello, "He started out as a humanitarian," but, after years of contending with crises around the world, "he had become a diplomat and politician, comfortable weighing lesser evils".
Moretti is now back with Mia Madre – My Mother – a subtly judged study of a woman called Margherita, a film director obviously a counterpart to Moretti himself, trying to look after her ailing mother while contending with the difficulties of a film shoot.
After all, you'll be contending with road warriors who have racked up hundreds of thousands of miles and top-tier elite status benefits.
He is also contending with doping allegations after UK Anti-Doping charged the 28-year-old over the alleged presence of a banned substance.
The camera soars over stadiums, and a variety of football celebrities turn up, including old stars, announcers, ESPN commentators — even the N.F.L. commissioner, Roger Goodell, who has been contending with one scandal after another in recent years.
The EDD has been contending with a huge backlog of unemployment claims after an upgrade of its 30-year-old computer system malfunctioned over Labor Day weekend.
