Sentence examples for local contests from inspiring English sources

Questions about Carlson's leadership have sent rifts through the sisterhood, splintering through the network of volunteers who run the state and local contests that send contestants to the Atlantic City pageant.

The DPJ has won a string of local contests in recent weeks, with significantly increased turnouts.

The Obama coalition includes many sporadic voters who skip state and local contests.

First, this is a national contest rather than a series of local contests.

There are still a few local contests to be decided in competitive Council districts.

So far, he has handed out more than $4 million in the local contests.

Since then, nearly 4,000 local contests have been held involving more than 700,000 students.

Distinctions between combatant and noncombatant blurred, and even local contests would now take place before a global audience.

Whatever fraud exists these days, election lawyers say, is limited to very local contests in which every vote is crucial.

But competition still exists in some local contests, and the problem that vexed Mr. Mattox now vexes some Republicans.

Lately, the site has been running Golden Local contests, in which users submit nominations and then vote for the top local operators in a range of local businesses, from late-night diner to microbrewery to dry cleaner.