Sentence examples for had become contested from inspiring English sources

Nkomo remained unchallenged at the head of ZAPU, but the ZANU leadership had become contested between its founding president, the Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole, and Robert Mugabe, a former teacher from Mashonaland who had recently won an internal election in prison.

The legacy of Marx's thought has become contested between numerous tendencies, each of which sees itself as Marx's most accurate interpreter.

The prince-bishoprics had become fiercely contested prizes between neighbouring dynasties, themselves often vassals of the bishopric.

The "religion of the Republic" had therefore become contested ground.

But by 1988 it had become the most hotly contested environmental project in the world and the funder, the World Bank, was forced to hold an independent review.

"All I wanted was a rejection letter, really," said Hartley, who had become intrigued by how contested this hostile, fragile land was, with its Norwegian sovereignty and Russian mining interests.

Discussing racism as something still in existence has become hotly contested.

This sparsely populated corner of the country has become hotly contested because about half of Colombia's coca crop is grown here.

As a feminist, the kind of work I used to do – commentary and writing – has become so contested now, and I'm not comfortable anymore.

As the uprising has transformed into something more ambiguous — a struggle against a dictator but also a war scarred by sectarianism and foreign meddling — allegiances have become more contested.

But Kunduz Province has become increasingly contested over the past year as Taliban leaders have tried to consolidate their control of areas that until recently had been considered relatively safe.