contested race

collocation in English

meaningsofcontestandrace

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contest
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.test/us
/ˈkɑːn.test/
a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes ...
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race
noun
uk
/reɪs/us
/reɪs/
a competition in which all the competitors try to be the fastest and to ...
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(Definition ofcontestandracefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Nevertheless, a smaller partisan tide might provide the margin of victory in a closelycontestedrace.
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He faced a hotlycontestedraceagainst two incumbents.
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Both candidates increased their popular vote in the hotlycontestedrace.
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He made the final in the 800m, which was a closelycontestedrace.
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He stood in his firstcontestedraceagainst two other candidates taking a landslide majority.
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He won the riding defeating two other candidates in a closelycontestedrace.
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He would win a hotlycontestedracein vote transfers to retake the district.
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In that election he defeated three other candidates to win the hotlycontestedrace.
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Appointed to office in 2003, she had only onecontestedracewhich she lost in 2014.
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He defeated two other candidates in a hotlycontestedraceto win his district.
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He defeated four other candidates in a hotlycontestedraceto pick up the seat for his party.
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She won a hotlycontestedraceover three other candidates to pick up the new seat for her party.
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He defeated three other candidates in a hotlycontestedracetaking just under 40% of the popular vote.
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Yuill was re-elected in the 1957 federal election he won a closelycontestedracedefeating 3 other candidates.
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He would run for a second term in office in a hotlycontestedraceagainst four other candidates in the 1935 election.
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He won a hotlycontestedraceon the second ballot defeating two other candidates to return to his fifth term in office.
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He defeated three other candidates in a hotlycontestedracewith less than half the popular vote to pick up the seat for his party.
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