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As a freshman in high school, Caroline Koziol competed in the Connecticut statewide championship, swimming the 100-yd.
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Charlotte Alter, Time, 18 June 2025
Many of those same states have also enacted measures prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in women's sports.
—June 18, CBS News, 18 June 2025
Formula 1 has always been about money (teams often pay half a million dollars for drivers to compete in races), but like many sports, its athletes must also charm off the track to maintain their relevance.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
The 40-year-old was an NCAA champion in the 170-pound division in 2006 and 2007 and went on to compete for Team USA in the 2008 Olympics.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
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Charlotte Alter, Time, 18 June 2025
Many of those same states have also enacted measures prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in women's sports.
—June 18, CBS News, 18 June 2025
Formula 1 has always been about money (teams often pay half a million dollars for drivers to compete in races), but like many sports, its athletes must also charm off the track to maintain their relevance.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
The 40-year-old was an NCAA champion in the 170-pound division in 2006 and 2007 and went on to compete for Team USA in the 2008 Olympics.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compete
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As strangers moments prior, the men had both been nervous that each another might be contending for the same lots, and one of them scooted to a seat farther away to ease the tension.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
23 June 2025
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Hill contends the Bills are afraid to cover him man-to-man.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
23 June 2025
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Once Angelo, of all people, eventually drafted Forte in the second round, Baratz raced to the offices of his colleagues, throwing his hands to the sky.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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Investigators raced to check jail phone logs to see who might have known ahead of time.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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The city argued the policy was confidential, and would interfere with the department’s ability to fight crime.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
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Reggie Greer, who served as a senior advisor on LGBTQI+ Persons at the State Department in the Biden administration, remembers being in North Carolina during the 2016 bathroom bill fight.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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As mechanized as a race — or a movie — can feel, success or failure hinge on the human element, the hero battling the gremlins in the machine.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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Six engines, one water tender and two hand crews will continue to battle the fire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2025
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“Compete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compete. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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