In New York, those have been matters of fierce contention.

Can you hold your hand against all seductions, follies, whirls, fierce contentions?

And how well that balance was struck remains the source of fierce contention between the banking lobby and consumer groups.

Already I fancied that the violence of the flames was somewhat abated, and that the two opposing elements were in fierce contention.

But the Poetry Society, as the institutional heart of British verse, has always been a site of fierce contention.

Since then, the level of termite-produced methane (and its possible contribution to global warming) has been a matter of fierce scientific contention.

The steps necessary to address global warming have been a matter of fierce political contention between the Bush Administration and environmental groups.

It is usually in fierce contention with Agudat Yisrael in Israel.

Thereupon a fierce contention ensued, during the progress of which Hagiz fought valiantly beside Ashkenazi.