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Recent Examples of vie
This means candidates can vie against their own party not just in the primary, but in the general election as well.
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Assembly District 65 A total of six candidates were vying for this district, which stretches from the Port of Los Angeles up to Compton and includes parts of Carson and Long Beach.
—Ryan Carter, Daily News, 3 June 2026
Lessons from down-ballot races A trio of Assembly races in Orange County were hot contests this year, with multiple candidates vying for open seats and special interest groups spending oodles of money.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
That’s typically the case with players on cheap contracts vying for a role.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Assembly District 65 A total of six candidates were vying for this district, which stretches from the Port of Los Angeles up to Compton and includes parts of Carson and Long Beach.
—Ryan Carter, Daily News, 3 June 2026
Lessons from down-ballot races A trio of Assembly races in Orange County were hot contests this year, with multiple candidates vying for open seats and special interest groups spending oodles of money.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
That’s typically the case with players on cheap contracts vying for a role.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vie
Verb
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Born in 1907, Carson came of age in a world of increasingly complex and competing attitudes toward nature.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Their mother, Regina Rajchrtová, is a former professional tennis player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1988 Summer Olympics.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Prosecutors contend the evidence shows Anthony escalated a verbal dispute into a deadly encounter.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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Countering that argument, opponents of geofencing contend that because the warrant directs the tech company to search millions of users' location history, millions of people were subjected to a search despite never having done anything suspicious.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
9 June 2026
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“Vie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vie. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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