Sentence examples for throws the contest from inspiring English sources

Even the outside chance of an Electoral College tie that throws the contest to Congress.

There is a growing drive, however, to change the rules and throw the contest open to the light of public scrutiny.

Fusaichi Pegasus, bought as a yearling for $4 million and syndicated as a 3-year-old for $60 million, also threw the contest for Horse of the Year into confusion.

The apparent demise of Ayatollah Shahroudi – considered a frontrunner until a report last year of a judicial investigation into financial irregularities apparently led to his withdrawal as a candidate for chairing the assembly – has thrown the contest wide open.

But the rape-and-abortion theme is threatening to push the close Indiana Senate race into the realm of the Missouri Senate race, another campaign that was supposed to favor Republicans before the Republican candidate, Todd Akin, defended his opposition to abortion in cases of rape and threw the contest off kilter.

"There's the runs, he throws the ball beautifully but he contests the ball and he defends and defends".

Mr. Weidmann's nomination to succeed Mr. Weber, who steps down on April 30, was expected but may throw open the contest to succeed Jean-Claude Trichet as European Central Bank president to candidates from other countries.

Back in New York, while still continuing to throw the hammer in contests in and around the city, he switched careers and joined the police force.

Shaherkani has attained only a blue belt in judo, two grades below a black belt; she nervously parried a few gentle approaches from her opponent in the 78kg contest, Puerto Rico's Melissa Mojica, pushing her hands away with her own, before Mojica grabbed her by the collar and turned her on to her back in an ippon throw, ending the contest in a single manoeuvre.

Again and again, he's won supposedly-decisive primary victories, only to have the press turn around and insist that actually, it's the next big primary that is the crucial one, the make-or-break moment, the contest that could throw the whole race into chaos.

The sharp increase in the electorate, sparked by Corbyn's campaign to be Labour leader, has thrown the outcome of the mayoral contest into doubt.