Sentence examples for contesting in the from inspiring English sources

A second sexting episode in 2013 helped seal defeat for Weiner as he attempted a political comeback by contesting in the New York mayor's race.

It also comes at a time when Viktor Troicki, a former top 20 player, has been banned for 18 months for refusing to submit to a blood test, a ban he is contesting in the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

She said she was raped at age 9 by two uncles in Morocco, a claim her father is contesting in the press, and moved to Italy with her mother, where she struggled in school and turned to petty theft.

Although Omar won one of the two seats that he was contesting in the 2014 state legislative elections, the JKNC lost its plurality of members in the chamber to the PDP.

But she's arguing a point Pollan isn't contesting in the first place.

If convicted of terrorism charges, Nasheed would be barred from contesting in the next presidential election, according to Faiz.

"I see Fashion TV on television, Miss India contests in the big cities," Misal said.

The race, which cost $20 million, was one of the most expensive Senate contests in the country.

However he resigned a few months later to contest in the presidential elections of July 1977.

In the next section we explain the SWC contests in more detail.

Vogue contests started in the early 1970s.