contending armies.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

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. 

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