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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Chalamet and Buckley are very much expected to be vying for the top performance prizes at both the Oscars and BAFTAs this year.—Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026 Brian Worrell, the other candidate nominated for president at last week’s meeting, had been vying for the Council presidency for months.—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026 Democrat Beau Bayh reported raising nearly $2 million in the first three months of his Indiana Secretary of State campaign, more than every other Democrat who's vied for the office in more than a decade has raised their entire election cycles.—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 13 Jan. 2026 As previously reported by Fox News Digital, in 2025, infighting between factions of a gang vying for control over territory in Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, left nearly two dozen people dead.—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vie
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Etymology
Middle English, short for envien, from Anglo-French envier to invite, call on, challenge, from Latin invitare to invite