Sentence examples for was sharply contested from inspiring English sources

Particularly the sea-fight of Naxos added not a little to Phocion's reputation, when he had the left squadron committed to him by Chabrias, as in this quarter the battle was sharply contested, and was decided by a speedy victory.

But his assertion was sharply contested by Richard B. Cheney, then secretary of defense, and Powell, who said that Gen. Schwarzkopf had concurred in the decision by the president and his administration to end combat in four days.

That view was sharply contested by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, among others, and by the rank and file of the North Carolina NAACP, which reacted to the omnibus law by staging weekly protests in the streets known as "Moral Mondays".

But his assertion was sharply contested by Richard Cheney, then secretary of defence, and Powell, who said that Schwarzkopf had concurred in the decision by President George H W Bush and senior members of his administration to end the ground war after just four days.

Mr. Hersh's interpretation of the fight is sharply contested by General McCaffrey.

What happened next is sharply contested and raises questions about the crucial decision to detain the pirate leaders.

About a possible trade for Sergeant Bergdahl, Mr. Hastings writes: Unofficially, however, his status within the military is sharply contested.

Even in London, where that system is fully operational, MacMillan's decisions have at times been sharply contested.

Voter suppression played a major role in the 2018 elections, and promises to continue to be sharply contested terrain in the elections of 2020.

Pennsylvania's voting procedures have drawn intense national scrutiny because Pennsylvania is a swing state whose 20 electoral votes are sharply contested in national elections.

Though the province has long been sharply contested, this was the first such attack on Maidan Shahr, about an hour's drive from the nation's capital, Kabul, residents said.