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Meanings of bitter contest in English

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Usage of bitter contest in English
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There was no hope of escape from a long, bitter contest in the courts.
The Man from Brodney's
2
Limbaugh's reported aim was to prolong the bitter contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Reuters
3
It was a bitter contest, close-fought all the way.
The lies of locke lamora
4
The General Election which followed immediately upon the dissolution was a short but very bitter contest.
Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885
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When the final weeks of the campaign arrived a bitter contest was waged, and money triumphed.
Twelve Men
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Slavery, at the end of a long and bitter contest, had been abolished in all her colonies.
The Abolitionists / Together With Personal Memories Of The Strug...
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Elected president in 1998, after a bitter contest, and re-elected in 2002.
The Guardian
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This is more a bitter contest for power among the regime's political elites than any genuine social divide.
The Guardian
9
After a bitter contest over La Toupine the matter was settled on a basis not unfavourable to Frontenac.
The Fighting Governor : A Chronicle of Frontenac
10
Bert Hayman, fatuously inflamed with Lorelei's beauty, waged a bitter contest with the other men for her favor.
The Auction Block
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Paul's life was half spent in a bitter contest with men who loved Christ as well as he did.
The Chief End of Man
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If father and son were meant to fight to the death in this bitter contest, then so be it.
Mother of the believers: a novel of the birth of islam
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It had become a silent, bitter contest between the two of them, with two advantages in favor of the girl.
Dangerous Days
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This limitation of usury was enacted after a long and bitter contest between the rich lenders and the poorer classes.
Usury / A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
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Trump is running for re-election in 2020 in what is expected to be a bitter contest with the Democratic nominee.
Radio NZ
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There was also a bitter contest between those that were fond of war, and those that were desirous for peace.
The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jeru...
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