Sentence examples for tightly contested loss from inspiring English sources

PARIS — Sloane Stephens of the United States surrendered a first-set lead and could not recover in a tightly contested loss, 7-5, 6-4, to Sam Stosur of Australia on Sunday at the French Open.

Both Rob Quist the grassroots progressive from Montana and centrist Jon Ossoff lost tightly contested congressional elections fought in traditionally red districts on the electoral map.

In Tennessee, the losses have come one after another, in tightly contested games.

"Obviously, this is an election that's going to be very tightly contested," said State Senator Bernard F. Kenny Jr., the Democratic committee chairman in Hudson County.

These were not the most tightly contested affairs.

Recovery of control in some tightly contested councils.

Because it's a tightly contested parliament, that could happen".

But the race was tightly contested from the start.

In a tightly contested race, the low-key incumbent Mike Duncan holds a small lead in endorsements.

The technology first reared its ugly head in tightly contested areas of the 2000 presidential race.

Polls show a tightly contested race between Mr. Romney and President Obama.