compete

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"Getting back in the winners circle in big events on the PGA Tour is testament that my game is still good enough to compete with the best players," Rose said.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

But even with gas prices over $4 per gallon in the U.S., the true “severity of supply tightness” hasn’t been felt, Byrne writes, as “refiners have yet to actively compete for barrels.”

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

The top two vote-getters in the primary will compete in the Nov. 3 general election unless one candidate wins a majority in June.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

With match play, players compete to win individual holes, so if you land in an unraked bunker, and need three strokes to get out of it, you simply lose that hole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Elisha—his words, his eyes, his hands, his lips—held a fascination with which the dead could not compete.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock