prize
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Police say this cash funds the prize money and covers expenses, such as a pool of vehicles and even court costs in case the hare coursers are raided.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Is there prize money at the Commonwealth Games?
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
For a brief few minutes at the ceremony, it was incorrectly named best picture before “Moonlight” rightfully took the prize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
But none of those were the prize he wanted most, so when he left the stage after receiving his medal, he broke down in tears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Mr. Gibson said, "The first prize is fifty thousand dollars. There are other prizes, too. One hundred and fifty thousand in prizes."
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The battle over Warner Brothers began last year, when media giants Netflix and Paramount went to war over the famed movie studio and its prized back catalog.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
“It followed me home,” Haaland wrote in an Instagram post that also included a photo of himself carrying his new prized possession.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Even the country’s athletes—once prized showcases of national prowess and beneficiaries of government support—are struggling to survive, said Yesenia Kindelán, a Cuban national judo champion and the wife of the baseball player, Jorge Ruiz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It feels luxurious and special, but is more budget-friendly than its prized sibling, caviar.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
In 1911, he had cracked Playfair, Britain’s prized military cipher, just for the fun of it.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
The Monster survey showed recent grads are prizing job security over career growth.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
Netflix was sometimes criticized for prizing quantity over quality in its film strategy, a knock that Mr. Stuber acknowledged.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
And maybe, like we did back then, we can say sure, yes, while prizing every tomato we harvest and understanding that we don't have the staff to hold back the inevitable weed takeover.
From Salon ● May 21, 2023
The fried chicken you end up prizing the most could surprise you.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
Both were thoroughgoing materialists, not in prizing possessions but in holding that matter alone provided the underpinnings of the world.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
And those legendary quarterbacks were still chasing their sport’s greatest prizes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
“He has shown that above all else, he prizes the importance of human life,” said Maj.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
His innovations were honored with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ honorary Gordon E. Sawyer Award and an Academy Scientific and Technical Award, among other prizes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Omaze, a for-profit company, partners competitions with charities and celebrity endorsements using a sweepstake system, offering large value homes as prizes.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
We weren’t told that there’d be such a long list of prizes.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
