Sentence examples for dropped contended from inspiring English sources

One, later dropped, contended that the messages were a nuisance to Intel and its employees.

Ms. Stewart's lawyers are seeking to have charges of securities fraud and obstruction of justice dropped, contending they violate her constitutional rights and are a misuse of securities laws.

A makeup artist has dropped a lawsuit contending that she was drugged and raped by the rapper Snoop Dogg, below, and some of his associates after a taping of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on ABC two years ago, The Associated Press reported.

She spattered oil and dropped crumbs and never contended with the mess she left in her wake.

This was one of the infamous "one drop" laws that contended that whiteness could be defined, and defended, absolutely.

Mr. Biglari also arranged a reverse stock split at Biglari Holdings that had the effect of squeezing out smaller shareholders, and attempted a second such reverse split that Cracker Barrel contends was dropped after shareholder protest.

Last month, the American Booksellers Association dropped its federal suit contending that Barnes & Noble and the Borders Group had extracted illegal discounts and promotional subsidies from publishers, putting smaller sellers at an unfair disadvantage.

Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar (5-74), whadhad to contend with dropped catches and a missed stumping off his bowling as Australia tried to delay the inevitable, returned the best figures of his three-Test career.

The French Publishers Association and the Société des Gens de Lettres, an authors' group, dropped lawsuits in which they contended that Google's book scanning in France violated copyright.

The investigation was dropped, but the D'Amato camp contends that the spot undermines Mr. Schumer's efforts to cast himself as trustworthy and ethical.

Criminal charges against her were later dropped but she still strongly contends that she was harshly treated because she is African American.