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con·tend·ing

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  1. List of paraphrases for "contending":

    arguing, warring, affirming, alleging, claiming

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  1. Superintendent David Brown:

    The criminal justice ecosystem, however, was profoundly impacted and disrupted by the global coronavirus pandemic and the death of George Floyd, our Chicago police officers faced an unprecedented set of circumstances in contending with a spike in violent crime, made even more difficult by having to contend with a health pandemic while facing extended periods of heightened civil unrest and looting.

  2. Shannon Gilson:

    The first few weeks of June have brought unprecedented weather to our largest hubs, heavily impacting our operation and causing delays, canceled flights and disruptions to crew member schedules and our customers' plans, that, combined with the labor shortages some of our vendors are contending with and the incredibly quick ramp up of customer demand, has led us to build in additional resilience and certainty to our operation by adjusting a fraction of our scheduled flying through mid-July.

  3. George Ratiu:

    For buyers and sellers, this spring will offer a period of transition, in which high prices will combine with rising interest rates to challenge budgets already contending with high inflation.

  4. South African golfer Charl Schwartzel:

    I am hugely disappointed to be missing out on the SA Open, everybody knows how keen I am to win our national Open and, having come so close the last couple of years and following my good form at Leopard Creek, I was really looking forward to contending at Glendower.

  5. George Ratiu:

    Amid clear signs that affordability is curbing demand, some homeowners may fear that they missed the market's peak, with real estate markets still contending with significant under building, compounded by construction companies slashing single-family starts, the transition toward balance is losing steam.


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