Sentence examples for contentious struggle from inspiring English sources

The union has been engaged in a contentious struggle.

The approval ends a long, sometimes contentious struggle for the Vikings, as they sought public funding.

By Jeffrey Toobin March 25, 2016 The contentious struggle over Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court may lead the Senate to abolish filibusters over Supreme Court appointments.

PARIS — The victory of President Obama after a campaign that turned partly on the role of government in the American economy is likely to resonate in some unusual ways across the Atlantic, where European leaders remain locked in a contentious struggle over austerity, slow growth and the future of the European welfare state.

From social promotion to summer school, standards and accountability to universal preschool and after-school programs -- even in the contentious struggle over school choice -- the young faces being used to sell virtually every education reform proposal these days tend to be black and brown.

This was a very contentious struggle.

Right now, auto fuel efficiency in the United States is partly driven by contentious struggles between federal regulators and the auto industry.

And yet, the dispute between Mrs. Kirchner and the conglomerate, Grupo Clarín, one of the most contentious struggles over power and public influence in Argentina in years, is just heating up.

WASHINGTON — On paper, the sweeping gains Republicans enjoyed last year in statehouses across the country gave the party a profound advantage in the nascent and increasingly contentious power struggle to create new Congressional districts.

The two tech giants are currently locked in a contentious patent struggle across multiple continents.

Indeed, the relationship between social media users and service providers has become increasingly contentious, as users struggle to demand more privacy, better data security and more effective protections from online harassment in an economic context where they have little or no direct bargaining power.