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Meanings of contest battle in English

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Usage of contest battle in English
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It will be one of the hottest contested battles our boys have experienced.
Ruth Fielding at the War Front; or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldie...
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By eleven o'clock the skirmishing had grown into a hard- contested battle.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant — Volume 1
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They began an irregular fire, which soon developed into a hotly contested battle.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ...
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After a hotly contested battle, the NSW election has been called for the Coalition.
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After a long and fiercely contested battle they routed the Gauls and took their camp.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4)
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Thus ended one of the most stubbornly contested battles of the war, if not of the century.
History of Kershaw's Brigade / With Complete Roll of Companies, ...
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Small things like this often have a tremendous influence in deciding a fiercely contested battle on the gridiron.
Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums
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The enemy were repelled, after a closely contested battle of several hours, in which our loss was heavy.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
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Our forces first encountered the enemy, and achieved signal victories in the severely contested battles of Contreras and Churubusco.
State of the Union Addresses
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This obstinate and fiercely- contested battle of Arklow was indeed, by general consent, the hinge on which the rebellion turned.
Autobiographic Sketches
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But within that fleeting minute Drummond made the plan that brought on the most desperately contested battle of the war.
The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812
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But, though jaded and bleeding from this prolonged and stubbornly- contested battle, Jackson's columns had by no means relaxed their efforts.
The Campaign of Chancellorsville
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The opposing forces met at Goroszlo near Klausenburg, and after a hotly contested battle the Transylvanians were defeated with terrible slaughter.
Roumania Past and Present
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She became even childishly gay in the course of a hotly- contested battle, and the sadness gradually died out of her eyes.
The Way of an Eagle
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Here was Frazier's Farm, and here was fought as stubbornly contested battle, considering the numbers engaged, as any during the campaign.
History of Kershaw's Brigade / With Complete Roll of Companies, ...
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LABOR and the Liberal National Party are neck and neck in the fiercely contested battle for the ultra-marginal seat of Forde.
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