contending armies.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object) : He contended that taxes were too high.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : to contend with the enemy for control of the port. ,to contend for first prize. ,to contend against falsehood.    From Dictionary.com. 

The title contending college football teams have arrived in South Florida.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Florida News 13 - Latest Headlines] Reference

Sharks hoped his title contending team wouldn't go on to rue another missed bonus point with their rusty performance which came after the bye week.    From Wordnik.com.  [ta tvnz business headlines auto group] Reference

Ever since catching some heat for their narrow win over Oklahoma, the Longhorns have begun to look like the title contending team they were expected to be.    From Wordnik.com.  [SBNation.com - All Posts] Reference

The trading deadline has arrived, with just over twenty-four hours left, and the Cavaliers reportedly are the first of the title contending teams to make a major move.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gambling News] Reference

Martell Webster looked like a Superstar in Preseason, next year with him healthy are we going to be a force or do we have to make trades to grow into a title contending team?.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

A great contempt of God's wrath and justice in contending with them, v. 12-14.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference

Premier Club title contending Citizens have launched their Umbro 2010/11 home kit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference

They are still rebuilding, and contending is asking a lot, especially with the pitching.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Yanks, Mariners will have hands full] Reference

Then came the SWAC season, and the Panthers were contending from the start, jumping out to a 3-0 start.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prairie View - Team Notes] Reference

There may be a vehemency in contending for the truth where yet there is no intemperate heat nor passion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference

(It) would be a great accomplishment and would give us a little bit of confidence in contending for next year.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Character of grassroots ideology to the fact that subaltern groups are confronted by what he terms contending hegemonies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference

Losing to Texas Tech in the Alamo Bowl wasn't a positive in what was supposed to be a possible Big Ten title contending season.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scout.com > CollegeFootballNews.com] Reference

There is an interesting similarity between the Allende-Hidalgo relationship and the main contending factions in the French Revolution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orderly rebel: the life and thought of Ignacio de Allende (1779–1811)] Reference

This was denied by one of the company, who instantly rendered the lines in English, contending with reason that the indefinite article in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Literary Remains, Volume 1] Reference

The American Civil Liberties Union joined former White House aide Oliver L. North yesterday in contending that he did not get a fair trial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fort Hood suspect charged with 32 counts of attempted murder « Dating Jesus] Reference

"However," I continued, "Miss Brewster is right in contending that temptation is temptation whether the man yield or overcome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 26] Reference

“However,” I continued, “Miss Brewster is right in contending that temptation is temptation whether the man yield or overcome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 26] Reference

Bill Dunleavy of Dunleavy's Pub on Sullivans Island sails offshore and doesn't like the idea of contending with tankers and oil rigs.    From Wordnik.com.  [WISTV - Local News RSS] Reference

This they call contending for the truth!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unspoken Sermons Second Series] Reference

Far'aun "(of Pharaoh) the two terms contending for which shall be the more absurd.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arabian nights. English] Reference

There are millions of us who belong to contending races or religions or tribes.    From Wordnik.com.  [See the Brown in Us] Reference

Another said, "U.S. interest in the two contending reincarnations is exploitation.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Who's The Real Karmapa?] Reference

A case in point is the controversy over the two contending Karmapa reinicarnations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who's The Real Karmapa?] Reference

But now Washington and Moscow are cooperating rather than contending on most Mideast issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perhaps It's Time To Hold Those Calls] Reference

The ground swell of discontent is growing, with a contending nickname of the "Fighting Squirrels".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Soldier's Journey: Michael Mundell] Reference

Both the Bruins and Celtics are contending for first place, in their respective eastern conferences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: Root, Root, Root For The Home Team] Reference

Politicians have denied the dilemma by contending that deficit reduction instantly helps the economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Facing Up To Reality] Reference

Over and over, we will hear interviews from Afghans and others contending that we, too, are terrorists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

Three Americans — a black, a woman, a senior citizen — contending for the highest office in the land.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jordan Gospel] Reference

She denies making the remark, contending the cops have a grudge against her for handling police-misconduct lawsuits.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Change Of Heart?] Reference

Even Deaniacs couch their case in electability terms, contending that only their hero can appeal to the young and estranged.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back to the Front] Reference

Also contending: Ato Bolden, a Trinidadian, who favors swept-back orange shades, and Bailey, the fidgety reigning world's champ.    From Wordnik.com.  [True Finishes] Reference