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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
compete .
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Examples
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Actually, Palin competed in two pageants and ran for office six times before McCain picked her.
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Many more kids would get that opportunity if the nations of Britain competed seperately.
Same to you, Seb 2008
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Before Russia and Spain competed, Miermount accurately predicted scores for those countries.
Innovative U.S. ties for fifth in synchronized swimming final 2008
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{4} A REAL PRO Ray Smith, sometimes called the "pro's pro," competed from the 1920s to the 1940s, winning the National in 1948 with his pointer, Peter Rinski.
F&S Report: The National Championship for Field Trialing Bird Dogs 2007
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"He competed from the minute the puck dropped until the minute the game ended."
NHL - National Hockey League - N.Y. Islanders vs. N.Y. Rangers 2002
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Better yet, a trawl through catalogues specialising in vintage SF yields plenty of examples of his work from the 1940s and 50s, the last, frantic, days of the true pulps, when stories had to jostle for the reader's attention, and the printed word competed with TV and the movies.
Writers on Writing: Credentials zornhau 2007
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For the next few minutes the two acts "competed" for air time.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Jon Stewart: We Need More than Amplification Rabbi Sid Schwarz 2010
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For the next few minutes the two acts "competed" for air time.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Jon Stewart: We Need More than Amplification Rabbi Sid Schwarz 2010
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For the next few minutes the two acts "competed" for air time.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Jon Stewart: We Need More than Amplification Rabbi Sid Schwarz 2010
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For the next few minutes the two acts "competed" for air time.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Jon Stewart: We Need More than Amplification Rabbi Sid Schwarz 2010
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