competed

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Using a technique known as Approximate Bayesian Computation, the researchers worked backward from the fossil record to estimate how far organisms spread and how intensely they competed for resources.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

COP31 is being organised and chaired by Turkey but Bowen is steering the marathon talks under an unusual arrangement struck after Canberra and Ankara competed to host the world's most important climate summit.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

As siblings, Williams and sister Venus played together, competed together, and shared a home.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Of the nine Belmont horses, only Vitruvian Man has competed in anything but a maiden or stakes race.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

TV, computers, and video games competed for kids’ time, and in some neighborhoods staying indoors felt like a safer choice than going outside to play, as Craig and I had done when we were kids.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama