Sentence examples for contest was fixed from inspiring English sources

Then he sued a Philadelphia sports-talk radio host, Howard Eskin, who said in one broadcast that he thought the Miss America contest was fixed.

Throughout the contest, most of the attention was fixed on Mr. McAuliffe.

The F.B.I. said the investigation, which began when a person approached the authorities and told how the contests were being fixed, was continuing and could lead to more arrests.

There is also some evidence that the commercial interests of individual media companies, especially when monopolistic, may damage the crucial requirement for uncertain outcomes in sports leagues and tournaments and create a popular perception that sports contests have been "fixed" to further the interests of media corporations.

There were insinuations that the contest might even be fixed.

New Yorkers are Americans, and we ought to have the right to elect our lawmakers in contests that haven't been fixed by a bunch of incumbents with a good computer program.

Newsnight has been told that that first contest was "absolutely fixed to choose the weakest candidate", with local members acting together in protest at central interference.

To be legal, the game must be (1) based on skill, (2) based on the results of multiple players across multiple real-world games and (3) the prize amount must be fixed before the contest begins.

Archbishop Demetrios envisions an international design contest, once the specifics of the site are fixed.

Nothing, perhaps not even drugs, taints a contest as much as the suspicion that it has been fixed with an envelope full of notes.

A nationwide contest was held.