How to Use contend with in a Sentence

contend with

verb
  • Starmer had to contend with tourists.
    — Will Weissert, Fortune, 10 May 2026
  • There was no traffic to contend with, and kids could play freely.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2026
  • Plus, there’s no collar to contend with.
    — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
  • There are a few quirks to contend with on iOS.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • There’s also the Iran war to contend with.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • There was sympathy for what Slot had been forced to contend with.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Crews overnight had to contend with new fires in trailers that were loaded with supplies.
    — ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • Finch needed the size to contend with Jokić.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • There’s more travel than ever, of course, and tricky schedules to contend with.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 22 May 2026
  • With no overhead supply to contend with, the path of least resistance is up.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 28 May 2026
  • Couple that with her skills in the ring, and the industry has a rising star to contend with.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The team could contend with him as the centrepiece of the roster, but would the player want to stay?
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • This is a costly and labor-intensive way to contend with the problem at hand.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Before some of the storms develop, there will be dangerous heat to contend with.
    — Troy Bridges, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • Its soldiers have had to contend with other shortcomings.
    — Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
  • The Celtics haven’t been able to contend with Maxey’s quickness off the dribble.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • There’s so much to contend with, including nausea, body pain, mental pain, sleep troubles.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
  • The combined company would have to contend with $79 billion in deal debt.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
  • People must contend with everyday physics.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • No interloping hotel guests to contend with there.
    — Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And businesses are contending with more than just rising input costs.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 31 May 2026
  • But that inner child still had to contend with a tremendous amount of prep work to make sure everything ran smoothly on the day of the shoot.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • And even more so in the economic climate many are contending with currently.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • But how can this not dilute the credit for the suffering of those who have to contend with severe misophonia?
    — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • The mayor of a New England island town trying to boost tourism must contend with the fact that it’s cursed.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • The third is contending with unclear objectives.
    — Bob Batchelor, The Conversation, 17 June 2026
  • The third is contending with unclear objectives.
    — Bob Batchelor, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • There's also the environment to contend with.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • Conversations get charged when the Scorpio moon contends with feisty Mars.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Lawmakers will also have to contend with a growing share of the public who feel queasy about AI.
    — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 22 June 2026

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