Sentence examples for contests the race from inspiring English sources

If Trump had swept last night's contests, the race would effectively be over.

Of all the competitive contests, the race in Minnesota has drawn the most attention over the past week with the death of Senator Wellstone in an airplane crash and former Vice President Walter F. Mondale's decision to run in his place against Norm Coleman, the Republican.

Among their crews is the first black African to contest the race and the first Chinese female.

It says much for the resurgence in American distance running that 134 men have qualified to contest the race and the first three finishers will undoubtedly constitute a strong contingent in Beijing.

While it might be tempting to conclude that such threats are little more than a strategic head fake, independent strategists and even Democrats are taking Republican vows to contest the race seriously.

But Mr. Thompson, who won 26 percent, is continuing to contest the race, and it was possible that the recanvassing of the lever machines, as well as the review of tens of thousands of uncounted paper ballots, could push Mr. de Blasio's share of the vote below 40 percent.

England were nominated to contest the race to Rio on behalf of Team GB.

Forty runners and riders will contest the race over four miles and 30 fences, watched by 600 million people worldwide.

Other candidates who had also been due to contest the race for two council posts, will not need to be re-nominated.

finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team, which ranked each of the seventeen teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.

Lampre-Polti finished as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.