contest
/ˈkɑn.tɛst/ noun A1- Controversy; debate. · no contest
- Struggle for superiority; combat.
- A competition. · The child entered the spelling contest.
Plural contests
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An examination by experts leaves little doubt that a personal contest between the two men ended, as it could hardly fail to end in such a situation, in their reeling over, locked in each other’s arms.
“But they will contest the will after your death?”
I tell you, my friend, that if a detailed account of that silent contest could be written, it would take its place as the most brilliant bit of thrust-and-parry work in the history of detection.
They assembled on a certain day to carry out their purpose, and sharpened their horns for the contest.
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