Words similar to contests

Example sentences for: contests

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It has been able to turn flights that are low on frills but high on goofiness (flight attendants singing, dumb contests, and all the rest) into a gold mine by keeping costs low and poaching the majors' business on particular routes.
My trips often become contests between myself and my guidebooks: Can I do them one better, finding more inside information, local color, novel tastes, and great prices than the experts?
Essentially all movies, plays, concerts, exhibits, readings, performances, and sports contests in the New York area are listed.
Though nobody contests the president's assertion that he was kept in the dark, critics speculate that the atmosphere at the White House might have discouraged NSC staffers from informing their superiors.
The two biggest races were the gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia, and both were dominated by car talk.