Ask
Contend
Contend verb - To engage in a contest.
Common collocations
| character | ask character | contend character |
| time | ask time | contend time |
| characters | ask characters | contend characters |
Both words in one sentence
- In a strange retcon of the events of the Trojan War, some poets contend that Helen never actually went to Troy and that Paris instead was tricked into abducting an illusion of her (don't ask).
Source: Retcon / Literature
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