"to contend over" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to argue or compete for something. Example: The neighbors started to contend over the parking spot in front of their houses, causing tension between them.
Confident words from a confident young man but for all his brilliance and for all that he has already had a couple of top-five finishes in majors, the 2009 US PGA at Hazeltine and at this year's Open, the young Ulsterman has yet to really contend over the back nine on Sunday.
Serco The group has obviously had a relatively difficult political environment to contend with over the last six months and revenue growth in 2011 will be much less than we are accustomed to.
Ken has had masculinity issues to contend with over the decades, what with his always having to take a back seat to Barbie and also having to account for the smoothly formed plastic mound Mattel gave him in a place where nature provides a penis.
Of course, Google isn't the only company that the people of Kreuzberg have been forced to contend with over the last few years.
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That mind-set is one Abreu said he'd had to contend with over the years with relative frequency, though he'd also seen immigrant parents cheer on daughters with 95percentt averages who decided they wanted to help fix the crumbling transit system.
"You keep trying to contend the nomination is over tonight!" McAuliffe replied loudly and happily, pointing and waving his arms.
Meanwhile, many players who expected to contend missed the two-over-par cut, including five players ranked among the world's top 20: Scott Hoch (five over par), David Toms (five over), Thomas Bjorn (nine over), Jim Furyk (10 over) and Tom Lehman (five over), who won at Lytham in 1996.
Lawmakers also have to contend with disputes over tax, health and intelligence legislation and a handful of other issues before calling it quits until next year.
