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compete for something

"Herr Doktor," I called, feeling like someone in a mo vie.
Don DeLillo -- White Noise

Our kind host greeted them most warmly, and he and his officers vied with one another in doing us honour.
Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson
Barely listening to the music, she watched the frenzy of insects flitting around the light, vying to kill themselves.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
Poor you, you have two cute girls vying for your love.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Glass
The Vengeance and Jacques Three vied with each other in their fervent protestations that she was the most admirable and marvellous of witnesses.
Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
Each man "seemed to vie with the other in pressing forward," Washington wrote.
David G. McCullough -- 1776
You know, les petites miseres de la vie humaine," he said, as it were apologizing to the princess.
Leo Tolstoy -- Anna Karenina
Each one vied with the rest in saluting her as Madame la Baronne.
Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
The nursery tale could not vie with Her in simplicity, the wisest theologians could not match Her in profundity.
Willa Cather -- Death Comes for the Archbishop
There was much pushing and shoving as the meerkats behind vied to reach the pond's edge.
Yann Martel -- Life of Pi
Fortunately, these did not include having to wait in lines or jostle among the many carriages and palanquins that vied for entrance to the upper halls.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
Indian paint-brush vied in its scarlet hue with the deep magenta of cactus.
Zane Grey -- The Rainbow Trail
Inspired by Fred and George's example, a great number of students were now vying for the newly vacant positions of Troublemakers-in-Chief.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I will be a shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Return of the King
Rage and disgust fought in my throat, vying for the right to make me throw up.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
In both countries, political struggles accompanied independence, old and new elites vying for control of the state.
Tracy Kidder -- Strength in What Remains
"Anyway," Chaol added, jerking his chin at Dorian, "I think you have far more attractive suitors vying for your attention.
Sarah J. Maas -- Throne of Glass
In classic sniper style, Vie is reticent, unobtrusive.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
] Out, thou chameleon harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyaena.
Ben Jonson -- Volpone
A grim, deadly hate of Beasley vied with the tenderness and pity he felt for this distressed girl.
Zane Grey -- The Man of the Forest

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