won

Example Sentences

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Lolo Jones won three world championships on the track and two in a bobsled.

From Los Angeles Times

Van Gerwen has been in good form for the previous two nights of the competition, having won the first and finishing runner-up at the second to go top of the table.

From BBC

In 1997, he joined the data team at USA Today and contributed to several award-winning stories, including an investigation into forgotten lead smelters that won a 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.

From The Wall Street Journal

He won in March 2022, beating Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party, but by the narrowest margin in South Korean history.

From Barron's

Event manager De Haan has been taking part in the contest for years and never won anything, but this time he has a "secret weapon" -- jalapeno peppers.

From Barron's