contend with
phrasal verb
contended with; contending with; contends with
: to deal with (something difficult or unpleasant)
Customers should not have to contend with the problems caused by these delays.
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The 2018 and 2019 races marked the most recent instances when horses and jockeys have contended with any significant weather.
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
Now businesses have to contend with plenty more unknowns.
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Montreal lost other key players in free agency that summer and had to contend with a brutally short offseason, as the 2021 Cup Final was played in July.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
Now businesses have to contend with plenty more unknowns.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Montreal lost other key players in free agency that summer and had to contend with a brutally short offseason, as the 2021 Cup Final was played in July.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Seattle not only has warring factions, but lots of infected to contend with.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for contend with
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“Contend with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contend%20with. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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