athletic contest
Example Sentences
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Fifty years ago, the US Open became the first major athletic contest to offer equal prize money to men and women.
From NewsForKids.net • Sep. 14, 2023
It's an athletic contest, fan loyalty rests with teams, not parties, and to tie it in with the American flag has never really made sense.
From Golf Digest • Nov. 6, 2017
The promotion changed its name to the WWE and acknowledged that professional wrestling was a staged entertainment show, not an athletic contest.
From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2016
In Ivory Coast a regional athletic contest due to be held this month has been cancelled.
From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2014
Arf!, and soon the audience became a two-part chorus with half the auditorium chanting SAN-dy, and the other half responding with ARF, ARF in a manner more suited to an athletic contest than musical theater.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
