compete
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The English FA is a member of Fifa and if it withdrew from the governing body, England would not be able to compete in the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Second, Meta Platforms showed the world it could potentially compete with the two leading AI labs, OpenAI and Anthropic, on their own turf, delivering high-performing models for the lucrative coding market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
But when you compete at this level, you can’t play scared.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Some businesses are given permits for free to help them compete with foreign firms that do not pay carbon costs.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
By the time I arrived at Kabarak, I already knew that I would have to compete.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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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
Many of the private universities it competes with, including all Ivy League schools, Stanford and Caltech, have reinstated the testing requirements suspended over COVID-era disruptions or racial equity concerns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
In our conversation, he outlines his "Patchwork" concept, in which traditional nation-states are replaced with a global network of sovereign mini-countries owned by shareholders and competing for citizens like a business competes for customers.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
That leaves ranchers with fewer buyers, weaker bargaining power and less reliable access to processing capacity — especially as more imported beef competes for space in the same supply chain.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 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
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Susan Egelstaff competed in badminton at three Commonwealth Games for Scotland, and is now a journalist with the Herald.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
At least five bidders competed for the trophy in a bidding war that lasted 10 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Sinner arrived at Wimbledon having not competed since his extraordinary collapse in the French Open second round, when he lost to Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo from two sets and 5-1 up.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Rhapsodes competed at religious festivals in a kind of relay to determine who could recall the most passages from works such as the “Odyssey.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Bobby explained that the reason he hadn’t competed in almost twenty years was that he was still waiting for the right offer, though he didn’t define what “right” meant.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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That’s just a sliver of the $655 million total pot for the competing national teams, depending on performance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Blood contains relatively high concentrations of glucose, and that's what the nanoparticles are competing against for GLUT1's attention," Oleh Taratula said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Mr. Altman returned, all directors but one stepped down, and OpenAI’s most safety-oriented researchers eventually left to launch competing AI ventures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Even when Paxton lost, the press releases and competing rulings created confusion and fear over what was still legal, he said.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 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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