contest
Example Sentences
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It was a compelling contest which went down to the wire, with two state schools playing high-octane rugby in front of a passionate crowd of over a thousand people.
From BBC
Downing Street, as ever, is at pains not to get involved in a public mudslinging contest with the White House.
From BBC
For more than a year, Scottish politicians have been grappling with matters of life and death as they debated one of the most contested bills in the history of devolution.
From BBC
What appears to be a regional war is in fact a contest over the strategic architecture of the Persian Gulf.
They had averaged 10 runs per game through their first five contests of the tournament.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
