'wins' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a verb meaning to succeed in a competition or a situation involving comparison. Example: The team won the championship when they scored the winning goal.
Regardless, though, any individual bettor knows that if he wins, the casino loses, and vice versa.
Labor is committed to scrapping them again if it wins power.
If Young wins that, he could face No17 seed David Goffin – another quality opponent, but another against whom he has a shot – if he's having a very, very good day.
Mackay is the manager currently getting all the time and patience, yet with just two wins from 17 games his success percentage is vastly lower.
Louise wins a four-night walking holiday for two in Northumberland with Inntravel (inntravel.co.uk).
"It was a great Test match and probably the majority of the game we weren't at our best, but we almost pulled off what would have been one of the great Test wins ever.
If it wins two imminent byelections caused by Tory defections (Clacton, and Rochester and Strood), it will go into the campaign on a roll and, probably, as the third biggest party in the polls.
Villa then embarked on a wretched run of two wins in 21 matches, plummeting down the table and stinking the place out with a strain of football that yielded an average of less than half a goal per Premier League game.
If the pressure of this dramatic Championship season is increasing on those sides chasing Premier League status, it did not show on Good Friday on an afternoon when all four top-eight sides in action collected valuable wins.
