Sentence examples for continued to vie from inspiring English sources

At the turn of the 21st century, Balaguer's Social Christian Reformist Party (founded 1963) continued to vie with the PRD, the PLD, and several smaller parties.

Nominations were in the air this week: the list of Oscar nominees was released on Tuesday, while, in a Republican casting nightmare, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich continued to vie for the lead role in the primary race.

At the end of his life he had reached a state of complete diplomatic isolation and yet, as Ḥamās and Fatah continued to vie for influence in the occupied territories in the years after his death, it looked as though history might find that he was the last Palestinian leader able to sign a peace agreement and impose it on the Palestinian community as a whole.

Western teams continued to vie for the trophy, but were consistently outclassed for several years.

Following the ousting of President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963, South Vietnam's top army generals continued to vie with each other for control of the country's military-dominated government instead of combating the emerging forces of the National Liberation Front, also known as the Viet Cong.

It comes as Samsung continues to vie with Apple for control of the lucrative smartphones market, worth an estimated $225bn £149bnn).

It is also an echo of the authoritarianism that governed Iran during the Pahlavi era (1924 1979), even as modern-day reformers and traditionalists continue to vie for power.

It hinges on whether the parties involved continue to vie for something — resources, ideology, power — and what political agenda the story serves, and how the narrative jibes with our changing understanding of ourselves and our place in the world.

The free skate will take place Saturday, when the women will continue to vie for one of the two spots on the team headed for the world championships in March.

That change may prompt television networks – which will continue to vie for as much of the advertising money as they can – to begin running advertisements that mirror the short, punchy – and clickable – online ads.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Pentagon said the European military contractor EADS had expressed interest in possibly continuing to vie for a multibillion-dollar contract for aerial refueling aircraft despite the end of a trans-Atlantic partnership it had formed for the project.