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vied

verb

past tense of vie

as in competed

to engage in a contest vied with his colleagues for the coveted promotion

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Recent Examples of vied Besides the longest beard, competitors vied for the best-groomed, most unique, most historic and best beard with a costume. — Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 19 Aug. 2026 Within the music industry, Knight's Death Row Records and Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records vied for market share, publicity, and supremacy in the hip-hop world. — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 Since 10 Republicans vied for the party’s nomination, the votes were too divided for any candidate to emerge with a majority vote. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026 Organizations and officials across the continent have vied to find a balance between respecting freedom of speech and protecting their democracies, including the Venice Biennale’s controversial decision to allow Russia to participate. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 30 July 2026 Seven bidders battled for Gus for 10 minutes, as new wealth vied for a piece of prehistoric history. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 24 July 2026 Interestingly, a large proportion of female directors who vied for a Golden Lion within the last five years have taken home major awards. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 July 2026 The two companies have vied to place their products in neonatal intensive care units, which serve as entry points to hospital contracts and the retail market, KFF Health News reported in a March article based largely on records from court cases. — David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026 Lots of people vied to be spelling bee champion, played sports in school or enjoy mahjong. — Deborah Mower, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

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Later on, the rise of more democratically responsive governments in the region would likely cause considerable headaches as ambitious politicians competed to condemn and denounce the United States.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Tame Impala Is Already a Grammy Winner While Jennie would be a brand-new Grammy nominee, Tame Impala has not only competed before, but won.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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Espinosa has contended that the ethics commission, not the city, is the proper venue for the investigation.

— Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
In a wide-ranging exclusive interview aired Tuesday, Dudum contended the allegations stemmed from a misunderstanding of how the company is altering healthcare.

— Jacqueline Corba, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

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