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compete

[kuhm-peet] / kəmˈpit /


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He says it was this period of his life which fuelled a desire to compete for a Guinness World Record.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

“It was an honor and a privilege to be here and compete with these guys, and to wear LA across your hat and across your chest,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Chun-Li, played by Liang, recruits the pair to compete with other elite fighters in the World Warrior tournament, organised by crime boss M. Bison.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Bloomberg has an agreement with Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, to distribute news, and the companies’ newswires compete.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Well, usually I compete in the summer swim meets at the rec center but I got a little busy this year trying to make Junior Agent.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Like "being shot out of a cannon" is the closest comparison that driver Susanne Callin can come up with for the extreme motorsport she competes in.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The company competes in a “very fragmented space,” is more than double the size of its next biggest competitor and has been using AI to optimize pricing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

The company last week rebranded as Novo, betting that a shorter name will help it resonate more with consumers as it competes with Eli Lilly, while keeping Novo Nordisk as its legal name globally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

“As yields rise, it competes against equities for capital,” Ablin said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Justice encouraged Will to join the Boy Scouts, and when he was invited to join his school’s Academic Team, which competes in quiz bowls, she insisted that he try it.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

“Arch competed his tail off,” Sarkisian said, despite the throws that cost Texas its unbeaten record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

For South Korea, another gaming heavyweight, Park So-yeon became the first woman to represent their national team when she competed in Nagoya.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

He said he competed on the same playing field as other L.A. golfers and did not use bots to game the system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The humanoids that competed in Beijing are being developed to replace people in multiple industries, from healthcare to service work to retail to manufacturing; some may also have military applications.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

The fact that I’d competed and placed in the top sixteen was a great start.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Rather than producing wings perfectly suited to one purpose, evolution can favor designs that balance several competing needs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

That is a company projection, and the announcement does not identify the competing systems behind the comparison.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The county faced no opposition to its bid for the point-in-time count and the regional application, but the city submitted competing bids for the database and matching system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The chip maker quietly signaled a new way of thinking about the competing demands of capital returns and building its AI ecosystem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The source of the disagreement goes much deeper, however, involving conflicting attitudes toward government itself, competing versions of citizenship, differing postures toward the twin goals of freedom and equality.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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