Examples of vie in a Sentence
They are vying to win the championship for the third year in a row.
vied with his colleagues for the coveted promotion
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The Dodgers, vying to be the league’s first back-to-back World Series champion in a quarter century, advance to face the Milwaukee Brewers or Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
As one of three finalists vying for a top prize of $500,000, Evans became a fan favorite across the show’s Reddit forums and continues to receive messages of love and congrats from viewers all around the world.
—Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
But Jack, who is in charge of signal fire duty, is more interested in hunting and vying for leadership and soon begins to draw other boys away from the order of the group and, ultimately, from hope to tragedy.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
The words through torture and civil war in June 2002, the decisive stand against the same Ratsiraka who had returned to power from 1996 to 2002 and was vying for yet another term, who would rather cheat in the elections and cause a civil war instead of withdrawing in defeat from the polls.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
As one of three finalists vying for a top prize of $500,000, Evans became a fan favorite across the show’s Reddit forums and continues to receive messages of love and congrats from viewers all around the world.
—Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
But Jack, who is in charge of signal fire duty, is more interested in hunting and vying for leadership and soon begins to draw other boys away from the order of the group and, ultimately, from hope to tragedy.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
The words through torture and civil war in June 2002, the decisive stand against the same Ratsiraka who had returned to power from 1996 to 2002 and was vying for yet another term, who would rather cheat in the elections and cause a civil war instead of withdrawing in defeat from the polls.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Vie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vie. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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