contest
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It was another tight contest that went the distance, with Kelly's contribution once again proving decisive as she scored the final penalty in a shootout to defend England's status as European champions.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
“It is now a contest over who can keep the region’s commercial system operating—and who can disrupt it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Though he was little known in much of California, Swalwell, 45, was a youthful and fresh face in a field of candidates, many of them veteran politicians, when he entered the contest.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
As attendees roamed the corridors of the suburban Dallas resort and gossiped over drinks in the faux-adobe sports bar, there was no sense of a coming contest.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
“Whichever one of us wins that contest gets to move into the spare room—with the 3000 all to himself.”
From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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