Sentence examples for failed to contend from inspiring English sources

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In the popular press, it was not enough to say that Spassky failed to contend with Fischer's brilliant and unpredictable openings; more comprehensibly, it was a triumph of American ingenuity over a sclerotic Soviet bureaucracy.

Gone, he insisted, were the clouds that had darkened his game at the Masters, where he failed to contend and finished tied for 40th, and the ill winds at the Players Championship, where he had to grind to make the cut.

His short game may have improved but he has failed to contend throughout the year and has slipped to 38th win the world rankings.

Sir Chris Hoy withdrew through illness, the men's team sprint failed to contend for medals following a slip at the start of their qualifying run, and Victoria Pendleton could only finish eighth in the women's sprint with Jason Kenny fourth in the men's event.

The only two years in which he has failed to contend at the Masters during the past decade and a half were the ones he played as the defending champion.

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But these stories usually fail to contend with the overwhelming police brutality endured by OWS protesters and how effective that violence was in discouraging supporters – and, ultimately, in forcing them to dissolve and reorganize into other groups tackling economic and social inequality one piece at a time.

As Dalby (2016) contends, many commentators fail to deal with the fact that social relations of power are at the heart of vulnerability, and consequently, how the Anthropocene is being shaped and experienced by the masses.

Davis, 52, was not expected to contend, having failed to reach the second round in the past three years.

In a speech to financial executives, Mr. Osborne reiterated his criticism of the country's regulatory structure, which he and others contend failed to anticipate the effects of the economic crisis on the nation's financial system.

[A1.] Ernst & Young Loses Court Ruling Ernst & Young, the accounting firm whose auditors the government contends failed to uncover a fraud at Cendant, lost an early court battle.

Mr. Gordon, who a spokesman said was not available for comment, in turn is likely to pursue legal action against a former lawyer whom he contends failed to make Warner aware of Fox's potential rights on "Watchmen".

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