Sentence examples for competed to take from inspiring English sources

The pesh merga offensive to retake Sinjar from the Islamic State in 2015 was delayed by tensions between the pesh merga and the P.K.K., who competed to take the lead in the battle.

Participants competed to take photographs aimed to illustrate the Wikipedia articles," says Pinar&Viola.

Republican presidential candidates have competed to take the toughest stance on fighting Islamic State, and Sen. Ted Cruz has some ideas about the aggressive tactics he'd like to use.

As the country opened up to foreign business, and businesses competed to take advantage of the new opportunities, demand increased dramatically for accommodation.

This season, dozens of start-ups are competing to take on your holiday headaches.

Higher inventories tend to cause prices to decline, as many sellers compete to take advantage of fewer buyers.

"Six months later I had literary agents competing to take me on, thanks to Sally Hinchcliffe working her magic," he says.

Cities such as Frankfurt, Milan, Amsterdam and Paris are competing to take the agencies, which are regarded as among the EU's crown jewels.

"When you start to weaken superconductivity, other electronic phases start to wake up and they compete to take control over the material," he says.

We all imagined that Wall Street would soon feature dozens of new firms, all competing to take America's most exciting companies public.

A stronger Chinese currency has added to the upward pressure on costs.True, other countries, such as Vietnam and Bangladesh, are competing to take China's place as low-cost havens.