contest
Example Sentences
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To be clear, no one is running away with the gubernatorial contest.
From Los Angeles Times
Their team, Venetian Blinds, has won several contests, most recently an IQ test of 100 granular questions that the event organizer said took months to develop.
The Women's Super League is guaranteed at least one representative in the last four, with defending champions Arsenal taking on Chelsea in a mouth-watering contest.
From BBC
Oil prices dropped sharply Wednesday after a volatile day of trading as investors assessed the likelihood of war ending and of tanker traffic resuming through a contested waterway.
From MarketWatch
Mr. Wurman also shows that the status of temporary sojourners was contested by the 19th century.
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