Sentence examples for contested with the from inspiring English sources

Others are contested – with the Syrian or Iraqi militaries also accused of carrying out the attack.

The Confederate defenders, Emilio recalled, "obstinately contested with the bayonet our advance.

All 32 London boroughs were being contested with the Tories determined to wrest dominance from Labour.

REBOUNDS The Lakers received clarification on the substitution glitch that Phil Jackson contested with the league office, Jackson said.

The rise of the Ottomans impeded Iranian westward advances and contested with the Ṣafavids' control over both the Caucasus and Mesopotamia.

That sale was hotly contested, with the head of the Financial Reconstruction Commission, Hakuo Yanagisawa, supporting Ripplewood and a battalion of politicians offering their opposition.

The successful counter-offensive led by King Báthory and Jan Zamoyski resulted in the peace of 1582 and the retaking of much of the territory contested with Russia, with the Swedish forces establishing themselves in the far north (Estonia).

The election in the Maldives has been bitterly contested with Mohammed Nasheed, the former president, hoping to win outright and avoid a run-off second election.

Roma against Juventus is historically a match contested with all the fervor of a derby.

By Stephen Bierley, 25 June 1982 According to West Germany's manager, Jupp Derwall, games between his country and Austria are traditionally contested with all the ferocity of an England v Scotland match.

Since the source of the infection was a garbage dump being used as a food supply, and control of this dump was contested with another troop, the males who became infected and died were the more aggressive individuals in the troop ie, those best fitted to the task of fighting for food.