Both areas have been bitterly contested by northern and southern troops.

Even the fate of the 240 new crosses appears certain to be bitterly contested.

The home minister's job was the most bitterly contested.

Losing a district will make reapportionment all the more bitterly contested.

This rivalry has evolved into one of the most bitterly contested in college football.

This view was bitterly contested, however, by spokesmen for some of the companies affected.

The campaign proved to be bitterly contested, with both sides predicting victory.

The shaping of that future is still bitterly contested in Camden.

The Abbott case is the most extensive and bitterly contested of these suits.

The proposal has been bitterly contested by unions, elected officials and neighborhood residents.