Sentence examples for contested in the last from inspiring English sources

The tour itself has the air of a campaign, not only because Mr. Bush is trying to reposition himself in the American psyche but also because some states he plans to visit -- Pennsylvania and Wisconsin among them -- were closely contested in the last election and Mr. Bush would like to add them to his column in 2004.

The battle lines of sex will go on being contested in the next year and beyond.

These decisions -- part of the enshrined Swiss idea that the people decide -- have rarely been contested in the past.

The dominance of the Audi e-trons was contested in the first quarter of the race by Toyota's hybrid, the TS030, with the Toyota briefly assuming the lead.

Four sports contested in the 2005 World Games karate, roller sports, rugby, and squash vied to be added to the program for the 2012 Olympics in London.

Here was an irrefutable sign of black people's permanent presence and cultural contribution in Britain - a fact as widely conceded today as it was contested in the 1950s.

In election results announced last week, Lavalas Family won 16 of the 19 Senate seats contested in the May 21 election and 10 of 83 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Parliament.

— Senator John McCain's political advisers said Friday that they believed his potential appeal to independents could make him competitive in up to two dozen tossup states, twice as many as Republicans seriously contested in the 2004 presidential race.

The sport is one of several that will be contested in the 2000 Winter Goodwill Games, the first cold-season version of the Ted Turner made-for-television sports event, which began with an opening ceremony last night and competition here today.

"For the last 10 years I've never been contested in the 1000m," he said.

"It can tilt the balance from one candidate to the other". Any drop in turnout could have a critical impact in North Carolina, a Republican-dominated state where electoral results have been tightly contested in the last decade.