Sentence examples for declining to compete from inspiring English sources

Mr. Jackson grew up in Newnan, Ga., and he moved to Nashville in 1985, just as Randy Travis and other neo-traditionalists were finding huge success by declining to compete with pop stars.

David Childs, Marilyn Jordan Taylor, and Alexander Cooper declined to compete for the job.

Many riders decline to compete in F.I.S. events until Olympic qualifying.

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Misty Hyman, who upset the supposedly invincible butterfly specialist Suzie O'Neill of Australia for Olympic gold, declined to compete.

The world No. 1, Rory McIlroy, may decline to compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro to avoid any controversy over what country to represent.

The Games will come eight years after an Iranian judo competitor declined to compete against an Israeli in the Athens Games.

They pay more for all kinds of reasons, but maybe most of all because mainstream firms decline to compete for their business.

The plaintiffs also claim that the Blackstone Group, for instance, declined to compete against TPG and Apollo Global Management in the sale of Harrah's Entertainment and instead made a small co-investment in the deal, according to the suit.

Once practices and matches began, however, some teammates were uncomfortable working out with Ms. Torres, and some opponents declined to compete for fear of losing to a girl, she said.

He declined to compete for the Ground Zero site, suggesting that given the context 'it would be impossible to do anything fresh.' Even so, it seems he has enough to be getting on with.