contend

The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle.

You sit above, and see vain men below / Contend for what you only can bestow.

these simple ideas are far from those innate principles which some contend for

In this paper the author contends that no useful results can be obtained if this method is used.

However, the challenges for the railway world are much greater than for automotive as we generally have more occupants, higher speeds, greater masses, higher energies, and an absence of seatbelts or airbags to contend with.