Contending in a sentence

In the run-up to 2020, officials were contending with implementing no-excuse absentee voting for the first time, grappling with a global pandemic and contending with curfews and civil unrest.

Contending later seems a lot more likely than contending now.

A federal judge has ruled against a Catholic-founded hospital in Maryland, contending that it discriminated in refusing to perform a hysterectomy on a woman who was pursuing a purported gender transition.

And at the same time you are in fact in the dead center of Manhattan, contending with a kind of manic energy all around you.

An injury to a guard on a contending team could land Risner a better payday than that which the Vikings might provide now.

At that time, The Wilderness Society already had two lawsuits challenging federal agencies, alleging violations of multiple environmental laws and contending the pipeline project’s permits were defective.

Both could be a big help to a contending team.

But the passengers disagreed, contending that they (passengers) were rather the victims of abuse from the officers.

But when executed properly, the Spirit Bomb is a force to be reckoned with, capable of contending against opponents thousands of times more powerful than Goku himself.

Earlier this month, the South African Poultry Association said the country was contending with two different strains of the virus, the infamous H5N1 and a new strain identified as H7N6.

Eight years after leaving Kentucky for Miami, Olyphant's U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is trying to help raise a teenager and contending with a changing world.

Forum Books will compete to win in the North of England first before contending for the overall prize which will be announced in May.

General manager Chris Getz knows he needs to change the culture in the Sox clubhouse and intends to build a contending team in one season.

Her work with the Gunners has come in a season in which the team have been contending with injuries to key players including Kim Little, Leah Williamson, Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema.

However, the oversupply issues Canberra had been contending with a few years ago seemed to have resolved themselves through a slowdown in building as well as a pick-up in demand.

In a little over one week — all things being equal— the world will know who among the contending candidates is the next Nigerian President.

In areas where there are glitches, the electoral umpire has urged contending parties to prove their case in court rather than sulking and creating tension in the country.

In Bennington, many families are contending with what law enforcement as a burgeoning drug trade and a surge in opioid overdoses.

Increasingly, however, we find ourselves contending with the planet itself—a consequence of the damage that we’ve inflicted upon it.

Instead, most Americans will be contending this week with a fearsome heat wave that’s already punishing much of the southern U.S., with record-setting highs that are expected to reach 49 C in spots.