comfortable
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easily won
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a competitive activity is one in which companies or teams are competing against each other
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a decisive victory or defeat is one in which the winner does much better than the loser
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if a team wins or scores against the run of play, they win or score when it seemed that the other team was more likely to do this
a situation in which people compete very hard and will do anything to be successful
if the result of a competition or election is too close to call, it is not clear who the winner is until the competition has ended or until all the votes have been counted
with no obvious winner yet
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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