compete
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Then a few weeks later, they were invited to compete at Nasa's international Lunabotics competition.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Jamie explained they designed the 52 kg aluminium frame robot rover and took it compete at a competition in Milton Keynes.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Stronger technology and greater investment capacity were necessary to compete globally, Oh said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“The only way that we can really compete is by building these regional supply chains here in the U.S.,”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The fact that he was now an international grandmaster and was eligible to compete for the World Championship made him feel accomplished, but he wondered how he could possibly make a living playing chess.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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The imperative to close all or portions of campuses potentially competes with the concurrent high priority of providing students with safe, up-to-date, fully resourced and inviting education environments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Channel 4 has faced a challenging few years as it competes with digital platforms and the shrinking advertising market for traditional TV networks.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
And its Los Angeles location should prove particularly convenient as Frech swaps the track for the ballroom and competes for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy along side his pro partner, Daniella Karagach.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Advice from physicians and public health agencies now competes with influencers and content creators, nearly two-thirds of whom have no listed health credentials.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 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
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International Math Olympiad team; Hoke competed in the world championships of competitive programming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 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
The only tournament the golfer known as Lefty has competed in this year was LIV Golf South Africa, where he finished at 7-under par and tied for 48th place, in March.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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
He had borrowed the word from gymnastics, in which his sister Peggy had once competed, and he used it often with doctors at the Brigham.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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They'll be competing at the University of Central Florida against university teams from Australia, India and the US.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
“Continuing to come in the gym and stay after practice, just working, competing, playing, just trying to make my mark,” James said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
"Together, these complementary observations allow us to test competing models of the first stars in ways that weren't previously possible."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
One reason is that competing labs can copy, or “distill,” an AI model if they can get access to these tokens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Two overlapping but competing answers come to mind.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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