How to pronounce “contending”(verb) in English

Iím not contending there is anything uniquely German about the iron curtain, Iíd like to be clear on this, but I do want to point out that it did arise from a specific historical

government and that different factions are contending for the attention of that government, rather than pretending that anybody can govern on behalf of all Americans, as the current,

And myself and one of our collaborators Bayete Ross Smith who also went to CCA, were doing a lot of work contending with issues about the limitations of notions of black male identity.

us from enjoying what it is that we should enjoy about life, towards the end you seem to be contending that if we redistribute the wealth that we're accumulating to the homeless