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Recent Examples of vie
The film is among the five films vying for the Best Live Action Short Oscar, with the Academy Awards taking place Sunday, March 15.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
On Thursday night, the board will hear presentations from three firms vying to lead the search.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2026
The question is, should the Jets be one of those teams vying for Cousins’ services?
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
Heading into the finale, optician Woo Sung-min, handball coach Shin Hyeon-woo, and The Trunk actor Jo I-geon were all vying for Kim Go-eun’s heart.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
On Thursday night, the board will hear presentations from three firms vying to lead the search.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2026
The question is, should the Jets be one of those teams vying for Cousins’ services?
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
Heading into the finale, optician Woo Sung-min, handball coach Shin Hyeon-woo, and The Trunk actor Jo I-geon were all vying for Kim Go-eun’s heart.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vie
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Then a week later, Heraskevych received a wave of sympathetic support when he was forced out of the skeleton for refusing to compete without a helmet adorned with more than 20 elite Ukrainian athletes and coaches who have been killed in the war.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Nearly 2,900 athletes from more than 90 national Olympic committees are competing at the Winter Games across 116 medal events across eight sports.—
Lee Ying Shan,Sydney Goh,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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The longtime Republican sheriff of Frederick County contends the termination of a cooperative agreement with ICE will force him to let some people out of jail who may later commit more crimes.—
David A. Lieb,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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His lawyers have contended ICE racially profiled him.—
Jim Mustian,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Vie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vie. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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