Contest
Run for
Run for verb - Extend or continue for a certain period of time.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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In Of Thee I Sing, the Wintergreen campaign decides to hold a beauty contest in Atlantic City, for the purpose of giving his run for President a love interest.
Source: Beauty Contest -
The sequel, The High Road, averts this trope by having Angus actively run for re-election, and win a close contest.
Source: Springtime for Hitler - The "weekly" MuggleNet Caption Contest has run for months a few times.
Source: Schedule Slip / Web Original
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Run for and Contest. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contest/run_for
Contest & Run for. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contest/run_for>.
Run for or Contest. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contest/run_for.
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