Sentence examples for closely contended from inspiring English sources

PORTLAND, Maine, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton will come to Maine on Tuesday to campaign for the Democratic candidate for governor, Mike Michaud, party officials announced this week, shining a national spotlight on one of the most closely contended gubernatorial races of 2014.

Last year, the American government provided less than half of what it did in 2008 for Somalia aid operations partly because United Nations agencies and private aid groups refused to sign an agreement to police the distribution of aid more closely, contending that it would make deliveries nearly impossible.

At the heart of the worries over Sprint are SoftBank's use of equipment manufactured by Huawei and ZTE, companies that lawmakers have contended are closely tied to the Chinese government.

On the Republican side, Mr. Bush assured himself of the nomination by defeating or contending closely with Senator McCain everywhere except New England, a region as out of step with the rest of the country in 2000 as the South was a half-century ago.

News commentators and politicians have contended that Hizbullah worked closely with security agents in southeastern Turkey, where hundreds of suspected Kurdish nationalists have disappeared or been murdered since the civil war intensified there in the early 90's.

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Over the course of a closely-watched, three-month long trial, Forcillo's lawyers contended that the officer shot Yatim in self-defense.

They contended that his confirmation would produce a radical shift on a closely divided Supreme Court and "turn back the clock" on civil and individual rights.

The lawsuit did not seek monetary damages but an order directing the gun makers to more closely monitor the dealers who sold their wares — too often to criminals, the city contended.

The government has not contended that Mr. Moussaoui was a senior Al Qaeda operative or that he worked closely with Mr. bin Laden and would therefore have known of other terrorist plans.

The city contended that the gun makers did exactly that, by failing to monitor retail dealers closely enough and, therefore, by allowing guns to end up in the hands of criminals.