Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others.
1 Still, expect to see his campaign continue to vie for the constituency.
2 This means the companies sometimes vie for acquisition opportunities in the sector.
3 A large number of players are expected to vie for the company.
4 The inhabitants vie with the Japanese in the manufacture of lacquered ware.
5 All the emigrants seemed to vie with each other in being social.
6 Posters of every size shape and form vie for the voters attention.
7 For once waiters seemed to vie in serving rather than in neglecting.
8 The Chief said these old junipers vie with the Sequoias in age.
9 But Nenshi said he had no ambitions to vie for another job.
10 He was wont to vie with the other in point of style.
11 The four firms often vie for the same pool of top advisers.
12 The variety and the magnificence of his labours vie with their extent.
13 The four firms often vie for the same pool of veteran advisers.
14 That was his contest: to vie for domination of the other leaders.
15 They vie with each other in printing stomach-turning gush about these leaders.
16 Under influence of insidious drinks, they vie in recitals of villainous craft.
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