fierce contest

Example Sentences

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In Nevada, Ms. Cortez Masto, a Democrat, has been locked in a fierce contest with her Republican challenger, Adam Laxalt, a former state attorney general.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022

There was also a fierce contest to replace Reid in the Senate, which drew money and attention from Democrats throughout the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2020

It is a symbol of the promise and peril of a fierce contest under way in south Asia.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2018

These days Roem’s race is drawing plenty of outside eyes, and it’s shaping up to be a fierce contest.

From Time • Jul. 6, 2017

As I had been left to pull and haul on deck, I was able to witness all the fierce contest of the fight, and the race of the frigate to rescue the assailed Spaniard.

From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames