Sentence examples for the earlier contests from inspiring English sources

But the lopsided results on March 15th and the earlier contests in the South left Sanders a long way behind.

And more of these voters supported Mr. Gingrich than Mr. Romney today, a change from the earlier contests.

As in the earlier contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mr. Paul was popular among younger voters.

In the earlier contests, Ron Paul did very well with younger voters — getting a sizable portion of those under 30 in some states, where he received a smaller percentage of the overall vote than other candidates.

In 2008, Mr. Giuliani's Florida-first strategy fell apart quickly under the weight of national polls that suggested people did not like his failure to compete in the earlier contests.

The campaign tried to hoard its cash during the earlier contests, in the hope that it would be able to overwhelm its exhausted rivals once they arrived here with their coffers depleted.

Move forward to the 2020 contests.

For the next two years, contests between long-distance runners sold out halls in New York, London, Berlin, and Montreal.

Instead, he took his foot off the gas and won just one of the last four contests.

The next two contests after Iowa and New Hampshire are in states with much larger nonwhite populations.

He has been just that over the past 10 contests, averaging 3.2 blocks in 28 minutes.