Contend
Contend verb - To engage in a contest.
Common collocations
| power | contend power | thrust power |
| characters | contend characters | thrust characters |
| hands | contend hands | thrust hands |
Both words in one sentence
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Rookie Red Ranger: Your character gets thrust into this role, ostensibly to help with the growing case-load the Grimsborough police department has to contend with.
Source: Video Game / Criminal Case
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Thrust and Contend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contend/thrust
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Thrust or Contend. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contend/thrust.
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