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compete

[kuhm-peet] / kəmˈpit /


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“It wasn’t on my bingo card to compete on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ and be four months pregnant, but I think that it’s a beautiful thing,” said Carson on “GMA.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

She added that scale is particularly important for Europe to be able to compete in AI and other new technologies at a time when Europe's post-war growth model faces major challenges.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The shipyard also faces wider challenges, in common with all UK shipbuilders, of having to compete on cost with overseas firms, particularly in eastern Europe and the Far East.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Peter Stone, professor and head of the University of Texas at Austin’s school of computing, is continuing to compete for government sources such as the NSF.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Elisha—his words, his eyes, his hands, his lips—held a fascination with which the dead could not compete.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The honour of representing Wales is important to her as Finucane normally competes for Great Britain in major events like the Olympics and world championships.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Claude competes with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, and customers pay based on the amount of work performed, measured in units called tokens.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

It also competes with Trader Joe’s, Walmart and Amazon, which have steadily gained customers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

But using the technology this way both undermines consumer trust in an increasingly important sales channel, according to critics, and competes with users who demonstrate products the old-fashioned way.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The air was still very cold and a cold night was coming, so that the brew, rising from cold water to a rolling boil, gave the good smell that competes successfully with other good smells.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Over five hours, the families competed in 12 events spanning from Jenga to charades.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

“That’s kind of unusual for me, especially with my command, but I thought I competed well and gave our team a chance to win.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Swimmer Faye Rogers impressively brought her success at the Paralympics back to Glasgow with gold in the pool - and then competed in the non-para event as well.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Hearn, who competed in three Olympic Summer Games in canoeing, told US media he visited the refurbished pool after a long bike ride and noticed a piece of partially detached liner.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

The men of the oasis wanted to know if they had seen any fighting, and the women competed with one another for access to the cloth and precious stones brought by the merchants.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

“Well, 40 years ago, people didn’t want to talk about a 24-hour sports network either as if competing with ‘The Big Three’ broadcast networks was taboo.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The "fragmentation" of EU markets means firms are not competing enough across the whole eurozone and also struggled to raise funds, particular when compared to US peers, Lagarde said.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

This lets American companies preserve high-paid jobs at home while competing globally.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

It said it also expects emerging AI search and competing chatbots to weigh on Baidu’s search business monetization.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

I had been competing from the moment I had entered the mission school.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola




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