In 1998, Mexican teams were invited to compete, contesting regularly since the 2000 edition, when the tournament was expanded from 20 to 32 teams.
In the modern era women boxers were often a novelty, competing in contests staged in London during the 1700s.
These four college literary societies had intense rivalries with each other, competing in "contests," which pitted select society members against another in "compositions, speaking select orations and debating," with the trustees selecting the victor.
Mattel's Ken series featured eight boy-next-door contestants who competed in contests including cooking, decorating, entertaining and surfing to win over Barbie.
The other is that of "competing" or "contesting," from the Latin concerto, -are, -atus ("to contend").
The outpouring of money was pronounced in the Republican primaries, and turnout did not soar there, either, even though there was not a real competing Democratic contest.
The Republicans have had months, millions of dollars and the advantage of there being no competing Democratic contest, to present the images of their own choosing — and they are dark and disturbing.
And while he occasionally competes in contests, you won't see him in the X Games on ESPN.
Several events became part of an "anthropological" exhibition in which American Indians, Pygmies, and other "tribal" peoples competed in contests such as mud fighting and pole climbing.
There is a whole generation of riders who take Kass's indifference to another level and won't compete in contests at all.
