contend

Object

• faction: The management of this mighty kingdom has hitherto been a subject for contending factions to try their selfish experiments upon.
• party: Great labor was expended at the start to ensure agreement among all the contending parties on the premises of the analysis.
• class: Five new drivers joined the pack and Class B was the most hotly contended class.
• theory: Exhibit an appreciation of contending theories relating to the role of diplomacy within the international system.

Preposition: with

• threat: As the title implies, X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse sees our heroes contending with the threat of supervillain Apocalypse.
• difficulty: The latter has to contend with many difficulties, both as regards his mode of farming and the greater distance from large towns.

Preposition: for

• supremacy: Anselm and Henry I. contended for supremacy, but the friendship between them was not broken.
• faith: Which is why the call to action is issued to all Christians: contend for the faith.

Modifying Another Word

• earnestly: No earnest soul can pass through this world without being called upon to contend earnestly for the faith.
• hotly: Five new drivers joined the pack and Class B was the most hotly contended class.
• strongly: Ben Olive finished an excellent fourth in the strongly contended 10-12 category.
• seriously: On almost no item on our agenda does anyone seriously contend that each nation can fend for itself.
• therefore: We would contend therefore that FESCO are acting in pursuit of the precautionary principle rather than on a proportional basis.
• closely: Both categories were closely contended with several entries vying for first or second place.

Preposition: that

• adjudicator: The defendants contend that the adjudicator acted without jurisdiction in deciding that Sindall was entitled to a further extension of time.
• judge: Williams contended that the judge 's approach was wrong in light of Preddy.
• court: Importantly, Nolan contends that drug courts depart in significant ways from previous rehabilitative programs.
• notice: Thus, Bovis has always contended that the default notice was invalid and erroneously given and that the determination of its employment was invalid.
• mark: L'Oréal contended that the mark was invalid and should be removed from the UK Trade Marks Register.
• decision: The Lowry now contends that this decision should not be enforced on four separate grounds.