Since the days of Cleopatra, jewelers have vied to get celebrities to wear their products.
Political parties and guilds vied in contributing ever more remarkable sculptures for public buildings and churches.
In addition to the presidential election, hundreds of candidates vied for 275 parliamentary seats.
Last week, 100 teams vied to see whose machine could toss an 8-10lb (3.6-4.6kg) pumpkin farthest.
Yorkshire's two big cities, Leeds and Sheffield, vied for more than a century to be top dog.
The two vied to fill the seat after incumbent Dennis Archer did not seek a third term.
The McLaren drivers then vied for the lead, with the 2008 champion responding after his successor had stolen ahead.
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Homes in the constituency received dozens of flyers as 14 candidates vied for the seat vacated by Chris Huhne.
Seventeen years later they again vied for the city's most prestigious commission--the dome.
Mr. Leon asked many questions, and the students vied to be called on.
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It vied for a contract with General Motors when GM was engineering the Chevy Volt, an electric-gasoline hybrid.
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Serbs and Albanians vied for control in the region throughout the 20th century.
In last year's elections in Taiwan, candidates vied to appear internet- and youth-friendly.
Since then, economists have vied with each other to overturn this orthodoxy.
In September, Australia's embassy in Athens hosted a jobs fair for which more than 10, 000 people vied for 800 slots to the event.
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Countless gin brands vied for attention throughout the week, and, since different brands have unique flavors, they complement some drink recipes better than others.
Even with this conspicuous caveat, puts and calls vied neck and neck in this week's action, with 30, 273 calls trading against 24, 342 puts midweek.
Frederic Remington's bucking broncos and Charles Russell's images of cowboys sitting around the campfire are the iconic pieces collectors vied for in the '80s.
Fiorina leveraged media attention over the next few days to build a star profile inside the company, as Cosmopolitan magazine vied with business publications for interviews.
In recent decades succeeding presidents have vied with one another for the title of largest and most impressive library, with Bill Clinton now leading the field.
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Through the 17th century, Dutch and Flemish artists vied with one another in creating meticulously precise images of tables piled with objects of consumption and display.
For instance, consider how Mr Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of France, have vied to claim paternity of the summit for their own domestic reasons.
Even so, immigration remained a toxic issue in the Republican Party's primaries, in which almost every candidate vied to be tougher than the next on illegal immigration.
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Other colonial powers vied for control of the increasingly-prosperous sugar-producing island, and it came under brief periods of English rule in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
And when, during the next dozen years, America and Russia vied to get ahead in the space race, they were largely engaged in a display of economic muscle-power.
They also aggressively vied with each other for market share, boosting their ranks of sales representatives and heavily promoting themselves through social media and email offers and discounts.
During the same time, 235 solar-panel projects vied for power purchase agreements from utilities and 11 reached a deal, more than any other types of renewable sources.
Hurst Capital, a fledgling private-equity firm run by 26-year-old twins, also vied for Hostess's cake brands, but appears to have fallen short of securing the stalking horse bid.
As they reach for a particular cereal or even just look at it a display iPad makes a special promotional offer, either for the box being vied or a competitive offering.
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The two men's business interests clashed a decade ago, when Mr Murdoch's News Corp and Liberty Media vied for control of DirecTV Group, the largest US satellite TV broadcaster.
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