contest bitterly
Frequency: 5.02.4 per million words
to formally oppose a decision or statement with great intensity
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- The will was bitterly contested by the estranged family members.
- The election results are expected to be bitterly contested in court.
- They decided to bitterly contest the hostile takeover bid.
- He bitterly contested the accusation that he had acted dishonestly.
- The two parties are bitterly contesting every single point in the new legislation.
- The new land division was bitterly contested by the local tribes for decades.
- The CEO vowed she would bitterly contest the board's decision to oust her.
- In such high-stakes cases, every piece of evidence is bitterly contested.
- The referee's final call was bitterly contested by the losing team's coach.
- The patent for the new technology is being bitterly contested by a rival firm.