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Meanings of blue-ribbon in English

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Usage of blue-ribbon in English
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He walks and runs like a blue-ribbon winner at the horse show.
The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories
2
If I see her every day I shall have seen the blue-ribbon winner.
T. Tembarom
3
These championships are the blue-ribbon events of the amateur world.
The Jewel City
4
I expressed my surprise that in him I should have met a blue-ribbon stalwart.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
5
On face value, the state electorate of Caloundra should be a blue-ribbon Liberal seat.
The Guardian
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It was a picture of you in riding-habit with your blue-ribbon horse, White Stockings-remember
The Light of the Western Stars
7
An' I'll leave it to you if she ain't in the blue-ribbon class, huh?
Under Handicap / A Novel
8
In the following year he killed forty-two, and won the blue-ribbon of hog-hunting-theKadir Cup.
The Story of Baden-Powell / 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps'
9
He is one of a handful of prominent conservatives under pressure in traditional blue-ribbon seats.
Reuters
10
Mr. Keyes, I thought, was not a blue-ribbon man, nor a ribbon-man of any kind.
Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American (1 of 2) / (2nd...
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An upset of similar proportions in the blue-ribbon race would be a fun way to start.
Reuters
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On Wednesday, the group called for a blue-ribbon panel to review policies surrounding fetal tissue research.
Reuters
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It is the first time the Greens have been ahead of Labor in the blue-ribbon seat.
The Guardian
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These are not beliefs and fears that you can talk away or resolve with a blue-ribbon commission.
NY Magazine
15
Yet treasurer Josh Frydenberg finds himself in an unexpected battle to retain his once blue-ribbon Melbourne seat.
The Guardian
16
This is the blue-ribbon college of Oxford.
The new yorker
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