contest
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The Lakers had led the series 3-0 and finally closed out the best-of-seven contest in convincing style away at Houston, whose top scorer was Amen Thompson with 18 points.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
The split of union endorsements is characteristic of the wide-open contest.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
A generation of well-funded thinkers treated them as a symptom, and may have surrendered one of the last legal tools we had to contest it.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
It’s a contest over governance, access to critical resources, and the ability to establish infrastructure that will determine economic and military activity in space for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
It was the afternoon before the fishing contest and it looked like rain.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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