prize
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Kerr was peerless as he seized the opportunity to put on one final show this season - and take his share of the biggest prize pot in the sport's history.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The prize ceremony on Saturday wrapped up 10 days of often dark, disturbing programming that chief organiser Alberto Barbera had promised would echo the war-torn and anxiety-filled state of the world.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
A brand new trophy and historic prize money.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Younger people tend to be more comfortable ordering digitally, but Technomic said that a growing percentage of Gen-Z fast-food consumers prize friendly service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
When the contest had started up again, Iola had ended up winning first prize.
From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon
Some staff saw her as an interloper at “60 Minutes,” which has long prized its autonomy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
St. John Bosco is starting the season without its two prized transfer students, offensive tackle Elisha Mueller and defensive back Kingston Fatu, who will will be eligible on Sept. 28.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Talking about Wagyu, the prized Japanese beef, it’s easy to stumble into poetry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
As Europe bakes in yet another heatwave, German winegrower Florian Weingart has scattered straw on the ground to keep moisture trapped in the earth and protect his prized vines from extreme temperatures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Pinmei remembered the clutching hands around Amah’s prized bowl.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
The Monster survey showed recent grads are prizing job security over career growth.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
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 cases highlight differences, often misconstrued as religion-based, between centuries-old immigrants’ cultural traditions and Western values prizing individualism.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
If anything, nongkrong is anti-productive and anti-serious, prizing a capacious sense of companionship over any arbitrary valuation of time.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
Her dæmon was already prizing up one of the heavy old tiles.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Widow's Bay, DTF St Louis, Slow Horses, The Bear and Abbott Elementary are also competing for prizes at the ceremony, which is seen as the US television industry's most prestigious event.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Other highlights from the Emmy pre-ceremonies were a posthumous award for Rob Reiner for best guest actor in a comedy for "The Bear," and seven prizes for Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
The prizes were meant to draw attention to how little we knew about math—no matter how many of us have suffered through high-school algebra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose blowing are winners of Ig Nobel prizes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
But though in his youth he had received prizes for his ability to deduce square roots from memory, he was unable to solve the mystery of his daughter’s disease.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
