Sentence examples for was a disputed from inspiring English sources

There was a disputed succession between his second son and a grandson, Muẓaffar Jang.

There was a disputed election for the village council in 1990 and a member of his Rajput caste became head of the council, or sarpanch.

When that failed, Brandis turned his hand to foreign affairs, unilaterally declaring that East Jerusalem was no longer an "occupied territory" but instead was a "disputed territory".

His only loss was a disputed one, to Sean Gannon, a police officer who later fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Mr. Kibaki and Mr. Odinga have been rivals for years, and it was a disputed election between them in 2007 that caused Kenya to crack open in ethnic violence that killed more than 1,000 people.

The Haditha incident was a disputed exchange of fire that left one US Marine and two dozen Iraqi civilians dead; a subsequent official investigation raised the possibility that the killing of civilians was a deliberate retaliation for the death of an American soldier.

There was a dispute.

This time, however, there was a dispute.

"It was a dispute in which everything came together.

There was a dispute over the lease, she explained.

In his mind, the entire affair was a dispute over a lease, escalated by the museum.