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Example sentences for: vying

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In summer you’ll find several different street performers vying for your guilders.
2) The country's two prime ministers, who will run against each other in elections next year, are vying for the allegiance of Khmer Rouge bosses and are building well-armed rival armies of "bodyguards."
Bradley, who is interested in vying for their endorsements, may cave and contradict his earlier statements on the subject.
The Red Sox and Yankees are vying for the American League title.
The implications here are stupendous--not just that there are types of intimate wig other than merkins, but also that there are several other merkin-factories round the world vying for the honor of most important firm, and a great many more such factories that are of lesser importance.