contend with
phrasal verb
contended with; contending with; contends with
: to deal with (something difficult or unpleasant)
Customers should not have to contend with the problems caused by these delays.
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Then there are cultural norms to contend with.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Drivers who failed to dig out while the snow from our late-January storm was still soft are now contending with thick walls of ice cocooning their vehicles.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Feb. 2026
The city is also contending with a potential $66 million shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year, an amount that does not include state funding to address homelessness, according to projections presented Tuesday during a budget and audit committee meeting.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
The last challenge is that the very faint objects that are both intrinsically small and are located at great distances present a big challenge to any observatory that has to contend with Earth’s atmosphere.
—Big Think, 4 Feb. 2026
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Drivers who failed to dig out while the snow from our late-January storm was still soft are now contending with thick walls of ice cocooning their vehicles.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Feb. 2026
The city is also contending with a potential $66 million shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year, an amount that does not include state funding to address homelessness, according to projections presented Tuesday during a budget and audit committee meeting.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
The last challenge is that the very faint objects that are both intrinsically small and are located at great distances present a big challenge to any observatory that has to contend with Earth’s atmosphere.
—Big Think, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Contend with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contend%20with. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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