Collocations withcontest
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annual contest
Making the record of the most home runs in annual contest and most home runs in a single round.
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athletic contest
A pentathlon is an athletic contest of five events.
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close contest
Interest in elections is greatest when there is a close contest.
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costume contest
Many events were planned, such as: guest speaking panels, gaming tournaments, live music, pro-wrestling and a costume contest.
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dance contest
The segment was a dance contest featuring three different groups of artists.
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dunk contest
He then introduces us to some weird mascots who should never compete in a slam dunk contest.
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eating contest
Loki lost the eating contest to fire (v. 14).
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electoral contest
About 60 other parties also joined the electoral contest, both within and outside the major contending alliances.
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essay contest
In 1885, a project for classes and public lectures was finally implemented, and the scientific essay contest was initiated and became popular.
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naming contest
The franchise then held a naming contest to publicize the team, promising a $1,000 war bond to the winner.
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photo contest
It sponsors a number of activities including field trips, a spring wildflower workshop, and a wildflower photo contest.
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poetry contest
The fourteenth-century depicts a group of craftsmen who held a poetry contest in emulation of those of the nobility.
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popularity contest
An alternative perspective of a popularity contest, suggesting that voters' preferences are largely unconnected to their political opinions, and generally idiosyncratic in nature, also fails to fit the evidence.
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presidential contest
We find that people who are among the losers of the presidential contest show lower levels of trust.
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singing contest
In the tavern he finds that some locals are having a singing contest.
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sporting contest
After all, it is, moreover, a sporting contest, and of all things that is the kind that should be left to individualism and private enterprise.
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unequal contest
To set up a recent sociological theory against the strength of such an inert mass is truly to set up an unequal contest.
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writing contest
The writing contest includes both students from the elementary and secondary level.
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