Sentence examples for over contested from inspiring English sources

Standards have slipped and in America the number of lawsuits over contested patents has shot up (see chart).

The war started in May 1998 as a dispute over contested spots along the nations' 620-mile border.

In this case, the jockeying occurs largely over contested 200-mile exclusive economic zones, guaranteed to countries by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Mr Zhang's affability in Taiwan stands in sharp contrast to China's relations with several other Asian nations, where rows have flared over contested claims to sea territories.

The Philippines and China have multiple overlapping territorial claims in the area and the two countries have engaged in tense maritime standoffs while asserting their sovereignty over contested areas.

TOKYO — The finance ministers of Japan and South Korea declared on Thursday that their nations would closely cooperate on economic and financial issues, in talks aimed at limiting the political damage from a diplomatic clash over contested islands.

Bostonians don't love easy things, they love hard things — blizzards, the bleachers in Fenway Park, a good brawl over a contested parking space.

The emperor was engaged in a harsh campaign to assert his claim over lands contested by Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.

For one thing, I have been over the contested evidence myself, multiple times, doing my utmost to honor the principles of fair review.

Most of the confrontations between the latter two primate species arose over heavily contested resources, suggesting resource competition might be driving this interspecific aggression.

Both were contested over four heats over two days.