If it did, that would also rule Cruz out of contention.
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What held the Bears out of contention last year was bad defense.
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Turnovers and poor second-half shooting pushed Penn State out of contention.
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Pre-championship favourite Rory McIlroy was also out of contention, 11 back.
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The accident of birth has rather ruled him out of contention anyway.
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While she's mathematically far out of contention for the Democratic nomination, Rep.
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Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) further out of contention for the Democratic nomination.
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She dropped out of contention for previous government posts amid plagiarism allegations.
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He is 22nd in the standings, well out of contention for a championship.
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But Trump says he is advising Jackson to drop out of contention altogether.
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The balance between form and function knocks a lot of speakers out of contention.
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Nine others were under par for the tournament and certainly not out of contention.
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Now, Pruitt and this administration are threatening to take us back out of contention.
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With "Game of Thrones" out of contention, the best drama category is wide open.
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Today's leak would put the names "iPhone XS Plus" and "iPhone XC" out of contention.
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That puts them out of contention for elite politburo and party chief posts, say experts.
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It took out of contention Teunissen's Jumbo-Visma teammate Dylan Groenewegen, the team's best sprinter.
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That's like Mike Pence pulling out of contention for a 'Soul Train' award — it's unnecessary.
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Editor's Note: Swalwell dropped out of contention for the Democratic presidential nomination on July 8th, 2019.
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That forced him to pit again, dropping him out of contention after dominating the opening segment.
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Clearly, however, he is already out of contention and the hierarchy at Astana is much clearer.
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Daniel Ricciardo, from the Red Bull team, was third, with 214, too far out of contention.
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There are a whole lot of teams right now that are miserable, fully out of contention.
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With the Senate mostly out of contention in 2020, the picture only gets worse for Democrats.
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Front-page stories, 24/7 coverage and viral tweets can easily knock someone out of contention.
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Cloud Computing ran a desultory race, dropping out of contention down the backstretch and finishing eighth.
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The standings paint a picture of a team in trouble, but not hopelessly out of contention.
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Ryan, of course, has since dropped out of contention, and the district is really only borderline winnable.
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Carson then ruled himself out of contention for the slot, arguing that he would overshadow Trump's campaign.
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PONIEWOZIK On the other hand, best comedy is wide open, with returning champ "Veep" out of contention.
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World number one McIlroy slipped out of contention after he double-bogeyed the sixth and ninth holes.
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But Varner quickly dropped out of contention with successive double-bogeys, leaving Johnson as Koepka's only danger.
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It's a novel approach to the category, but the company may have already priced itself out of contention.
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Cain, the businessman and former GOP presidential candidate, dropped out of contention for the Fed in late April.
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In the end, Phelps had reclaimed the lead, and Lochte had somehow fallen out of contention, finishing fifth.
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Amidst all this, senators Bob Corker and Joni Ernst dropped out of contention to be his running mate.
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Various contenders have been floated and then taken out of contention over the past week — most notably Rep.
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This season the A's are far out of contention and attendance is flat despite improvements to the ballpark.
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Elizabeth Warren — who did miserably on Tuesday, losing even her home state — is effectively out of contention, too.
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Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian interviewed for the job this week but pulled out of contention on Thursday.
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The tough part was letting great movies slip out of contention because each of us needed to agree.
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It's as if the Democrats and Republicans were out of contention in the last week of a presidential election.
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That led to double bogey, and he made bogey on the par-5 212th to fall out of contention.
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The 258-year old from China double-bogeys the seventh hole to fall out of contention into the green numbers.
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That was the state of play in Republican politics until Tuesday, when Ryan took himself out of contention without hedging.
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But several of those cities pulled out of contention before completing their bids, citing conflicts of one form or another.
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True enough, yet Maryland fell out of contention for the Big Ten title with a loss at Purdue on Saturday.
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But his path forward in the tournament looks less daunting and potentially less draining with Murray shockingly out of contention.
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Cincinnati is parked in the basement of the NL Central, tumbling out of contention following a 173-13 slide last month.
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Selecting Kelly's successor became a public spectacle, with two contenders — Nick Ayers and Chris Christie — publicly taking themselves out of contention.
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At first, former deputy national security adviser to the President Dina Powell was under consideration, then took herself out of contention.
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Oracle was knocked out of contention earlier in the process and recently lost a legal challenge alleging improprieties on Amazon's part.
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The celebrity lawyer has pulled himself out of contention for the Democratic nomination to take on President Donald Trump in 2020.
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He played the first 10 holes in one under but the last two in four over, taking himself out of contention.
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The Yankees never recovered, getting swept in the series and losing eight games out of 10 to drop out of contention.
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Mia Love, took their names out of contention as soon as it was clear how seriously Romney was considering a bid.
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Perry was the first of the 17 Republican presidential contenders to fall out of contention, but he's still wandering around, looking … available.
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In 2002, England needed to win their final game of the group, against the already out-of-contention Nigeria, to finish top.
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The Chiefs lost his first game back to fall to 6-4 and seemingly out of contention for winning the Super Bowl.
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Osram welcomed the offer, saying it was in constructive discussions with AMS, after rivals Advent and Bain Capital dropped out of contention.
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But in the course of this 2,200-mile race across France, he endured mishap piled atop miscalculation and fell out of contention.
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Adam Scott was in the hunt until he missed six consecutive putts from under 10 feet that dropped him out of contention.
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Atlético, which has one of the world's most coveted players in the French striker Griezmann, is out of contention in third place.
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With several other top sprinters out of contention after being trapped behind, Matthews was the strongest of what was left of the bunch.
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On the one hand, with Sanders out of contention, more progressive positions will help Clinton animate the Democratic base in the general election.
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Cincinnati is well out of contention but has played well of late, winning four of its last five following a six-game skid.
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Budapest, Hamburg and Rome dropped out of contention to host in 2024 due to the public outcry and referendums against any potential bid.
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LHP Brad Hand might have pitched himself out of contention for a Saturday spot start with LHP Robbie Erlin on the disabled list.
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Woods will start the final round equal 39th, out of contention but clearly looking forward to getting another competitive round under his belt.
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For the longest time, Condit seemed to be on the way out of contention—looking thoroughly unimpressive against Tyron Woodley and Thiago Alves.
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That same caucus math, which pushed Steyer far out of contention for delegates, made it look like the investor-turned-candidate had imploded.
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If elite conservatives' loathing of Trump was a reaction to his bigotry, these comments should have ruled Cruz out of contention as well.
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Yet with four parties neck and neck, any one of them is in danger of slipping out of contention in the minds of voters.
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That would have ruled him out of contention for Rio but the Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared Park to compete at the Olympics.
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That would have ruled him out of contention for Rio but the Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared the 26-year-old to compete.
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Earlier this year, the DoD announced that Amazon and Microsoft are the two finalists for the deal, knocking Oracle and IBM out of contention.
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A big win here is a huge opportunity for Biden to extend his delegate lead and to try to put Sanders out of contention.
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With the Rockies far out of contention, their former manager, Walt Weiss, gave LeMahieu just two at-bats in the team's final five games.
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The top Senate-confirmed official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ruled himself out of contention to succeed acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan.
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If the Royals cannot re-sign them first, and fall out of contention early this summer, Moore could be forced to make more trades.
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Earlier this month, Shurmur declined to speculate about potentially giving Lauletta an audition if the Giants are out of contention late in the season.
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While Northern Ireland were already out of contention, the visiting side needed a point to book its place in the U.S. the following summer.
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That's why our choice from this group would be Jonathan Levine, who actually took himself out of contention to direct the new Spider-Man movie.
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It is the driver of differentiation both today and tomorrow, and the companies that fall behind in it will find themselves desperately out of contention.
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Pittsburgh appeared on the verge of slipping out of contention, generating speculation it would write off the season and sell off players to contending teams.
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The Briton stunningly dropped out of contention in the first high mountain stage, but the Australian outfit have since then bounced back with individual wins.
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Another crash meant double-overtime to end Stage 3, with Truex, Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch and Brad Keselowski taken out of contention in the wreck.
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But after news of that interest became public and more infighting broke out on the board, she publicly pulled out of contention via a tweet.
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While there were boomlets for Amy Coney Barrett and Thomas Hardiman -- among others -- Kavanaugh never fell out of contention or, really, his frontrunner status. Why?
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He led the championship contenders at Homestead-Miami Speedway with 10 laps to go before a crash with Joey Logano knocked him out of contention.
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Woods went on to birdie that hole and take the outright lead for good, while Italy's Francesco Molinari double-bogeyed and fell out of contention.
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With Rossi, the seven-times premier class champion, quickly out of contention, Lorenzo needed to finish fourth or better to keep his title defense alive.
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New York City Public Advocate Tish James, who had appeared to quickly gain momentum early this week, took herself out of contention on Friday afternoon.
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Porsche's number one car was effectively out of contention after a long stay in the pits around midnight as mechanics wrestled with high water temperatures.
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With Florida State out of contention for a spot in the College Football Playoff, Cook has quietly put together what could be his best season.
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At the time, the trade seemed an odd move for the Pirates; they were drifting out of contention and had just traded starter Francisco Liriano.
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The Mets chose Smith 11th over all in the 2013 draft, and he made his debut in August with the Mets far out of contention.
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This year, ticket prices—which tumbled sharply after NFC darlings, the Dallas Cowboys, were knocked out of contention—are just right for those on a budget.
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Time is ticking away for the Washington Wizards, who seem to be playing their way out of contention for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
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Second-round co-leader Im Sung-jae all but crashed out of contention with a seven-over 77 that left him eight strokes off the pace.
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In another recent example, Goldman Sachs executive Jim Donovan, the nominee for the No. 2 spot at the Treasury Department, dropped out of contention this month.
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Defending champion Henrik Stenson of Sweden was at 1 over for the round through 13 holes, slipping out of contention at 6 under for the tournament.
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Atlético Madrid, which was tied in points with Barcelona before this weekend, dropped out of contention after a surprising 21-235 loss at already relegated Levante.
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Last year's Masters champion Sergio Garcia put himself out of contention on Thursday when he hit five balls in to the water on the thirteenth hole.
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There were now 22 laps to run and, with Schumacher out of contention, Villeneuve needed only a top-five finish to ensure he became world champion.
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The wreck at the front of the field collected 18 cars all told and put a third of the field out of contention for the win.
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Clinton — and put Democrats in lower-level contests on the defensive — just when it appeared Mr. Trump and other Republican candidates were falling out of contention.
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They seemed to be treading in place, a boring team safely out of contention and saddled with a roster of overpaid veterans well past their prime.
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Amy Klobuchar, and Adalberto Jordan of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit — have either taken themselves out of contention or confirmed they're not being considered.
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Clinger, a longtime Republican congressional staffer, pulled out of contention for both chairman and board member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in July for family reasons.
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Tyler Cameron is NOT out of contention to become the next bachelor on "The Bachelor" ... but he's not the first choice, and we know the reasons why.
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Vince Nib, the 2014 champion, dropped out of contention when he cracked on the Cote de la Jailer and reached the line 4:25 off the pace.
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Just hours before the announcement about Mr. Mulvaney, Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, whom the president was strongly considering, took himself out of contention.
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Valverde is 00:02:48 behind, while fourth-placed Tadej Pogacar looks to be out of contention for a podium spot at 00:03:42 behind Roglic.
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They have won eight of their last nine games, and they are playing a team that has ridden a five-game losing streak straight out of contention.
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Steele was in danger of falling out of contention after two early bogeys but settled down and hardly hit a bad shot the rest of the way.
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The search for a replacement CEO stalled recently after HP Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman took herself out of contention, and Kalanick himself is reportedly attempting a comeback.
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Corker on Trump: Scotland 'one of his best events' Gingrich said the lack of contact about the vice presidency was not a sign he was out of contention.
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Sharapova qualified in 20053 and 2015 but is out of contention, and out of action, this season because of a doping suspension that will not end until April.
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"Of course, it makes me a little bit jealous, too," he said, "because when I was there, we were already out of contention going into the last weekends."
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Still, the Mets, who were out of contention, declined to promote Alonso to the majors during September call-ups, citing his defense as one area that needed improvement.
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Donda: This name was out of contention when it came time to name Chicago, but it holds significance because it is the name of Kanye's beloved late mother. 16.
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The second time was at the Austrian Grand Prix on July 503, when on the last lap they knocked each other out of contention while fighting for the lead.
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While New York is solidifying its position atop the wild-card race, the Orioles have virtually dropped out of contention with losses in nine of their last 13 games.
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The Koreans, beaten 4-0 by France in the tournament opener last Friday, are all but out of contention after a surprise setback in their second Group A game.
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Los Angeles finished well out of contention with a 221-22 record after James missed a significant part of the second half of the season with a groin injury.
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With the win, Muguruza also knocked Venus Williams and Simona Halep out of contention in the race for the No. 20 ranking, winnowing the field from five to three.
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So if he doesn't differentiate himself, he'll be on the stage for the rest of the debates, but will be out of the media conversation and out of contention.
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Although she eventually pulled out of contention, she drew criticism for her display of ambition — something that Ms. James's supporters said that a male candidate would not have received.
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EVERTON BLASTS MANCHESTER CITY Everton thrashed suddenly free-falling Manchester City, 2100-0, a defeat that threatened to drop the visitors out of contention for the Premier League title.
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Chris Froome fell out of contention for the Tour of Catalonia in Reus, Spain, after ceding more than 25 minutes to the leader, Alejandro Valverde, during the sixth stage.
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Tennessee hasn't lived up to its preseason billing, and LSU, considered a national title dark horse by many, took itself out of contention in the first month of the season.
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We were stoked to see the beloved DJ-staple make a comeback, but the mouth-watering $4,0003 price point put it out of contention for most DJs or vinyl snobs.
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While his round has almost certainly put him out of contention for the title, McIlroy said he was confident that he could make the cut and end the tournament well.
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In such a scenario, he might have been out of contention long before he could ride his plurality victories toward his first outright majority win — in New York, last month.
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The mayor of a Georgia town is accused of keeping an applicant for a city job out of contention because the man was black, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reported.
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Kurt Busch was out front and away from the carnage to win Stage 1, but he was caught up in the crash on Lap 198 and taken out of contention.
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Also playing himself out of contention on a day featuring plenty of birdies is Jason Day, who also made 6 at No. 12 and is 1 over after 15 holes.
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The problems stretched into the next driver change and put the Bobby Rahal-owned team in a hole that took it out of contention for the GT Le Mans victory.
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"I don't know the facts," said Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the second most powerful Senate Republican, who took himself out of contention on Tuesday to be Mr. Comey's replacement.
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With costs spiraling and some junior kart teams racing on six figure budgets, youngsters hoping to emulate Hamilton's rise from social housing to stardom are being priced out of contention.
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How many similar infractions might accidentally occur among golfers who are out of contention in a tournament and are not being scrutinized by high-definition cameras is hard to say.
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The time wasted in the fall and subsequent shoe issue dropped Diro out of contention in the race and she eventually finished in seventh place, seemingly out of the final.
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The Frenchman was helped back on the road by compatriot and team mate Cyril Despres, the five-times Dakar winner who had long dropped out of contention for the overall victory.
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Shoulder to shoulder at the final shoot, Fourcade and Schempp both had a single miss, with Lesser putting himself out of contention with his first two wayward shots of the night.
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"One percent Joe" Biden, he teased, was not out of contention yet, despite a dismal finish in the Iowa caucuses and what looks to be another disappointing performance in New Hampshire.
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The Timberwolves are sliding out of contention for the final playoff spot in the West after losing three straight road games, including Sunday's 26-22 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.
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McIlroy, playing with Woods, quickly dropped out of contention with an error-strewn driving performance that ultimately ended with a 74, leaving world number one Rose as the only realistic threat.
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Hataoka was coming off her first tour victory at the NW Arkansas Championship last week and nearly pulled this one out even after beginning the day all but out of contention.
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But their defense faltered, and the team slumped over the first two months of 2018, dropping out of contention and leading to a public proclamation that major roster changes were coming.
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He could be traded over the next month if the Mets decide they are out of contention, or allowed to leave as a free agent at the end of the season.
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Cavendish, who now has 27 Tour stage wins to his name, held off his rivals after several opponents had been taken out of contention following a crash in the final straight.
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Aru's teammate Jakob Fuglsang, who broke two bones in a crash during Wednesday's stage, struggled at the back and dropped out of contention after starting the day in fifth place overall.
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The team that Solskjaer inherited had slipped out of contention for the Premier League title and was 11 points adrift of fourth place, the last of England's four Champions League slots.
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In the end, it appears pushback from Senate Republicans, who expressed concerns about his politicized approach to policy and past allegations of sexual misconduct, was enough to take him out of contention.
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Georgetown has seemingly played its way out of contention for an NCAA Tournament at-large bid and it hopes to stop the bleeding Saturday at St. John's in a Big East matchup.
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The Americans—without any expectation of success beforehand—won all five of their games, including a clinical 3-2 win on February 27 that knocked the Soviets out of contention for gold.
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Johnson-Thompson suffered a similar collapse at last year's world championships in Beijing when she fell out of contention after recording three fouls in the long jump, one of her strongest events.
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European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on Thursday ruled himself out of contention for the IMF job on Thursday, after reports that France was lobbying hard for him to take the role.
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Alonso, despite putting in what he called one of the best drives of his career, could only battle for the lower points positions, before dropping out of contention altogether and eventually retiring.
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The young players the Yankees called up over this last month now have a chance to perform in a crucible, rather than play tedious September games for a team out of contention.
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That dropped the Gophers' record to 15-623 record and dropped them to No. 3 in the national rankings at the season's midpoint, but they are by no means out of contention.
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The overnight leaders were level for the first 13 holes before Thomas surged ahead with a birdie on the 14th, while Lee bogeyed the 15th and 16th to effectively drop out of contention.
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At the last race in Silverstone, pitting for a change of tyres just before the virtual safety car was deployed cost him vital time and dropped him out of contention for the podium.
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That blueprint for success is in tatters after Canada's emphatic victory, which knocked the Americans out of contention, leaving them at 3-223 with one game to play in their four-team group.
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The Blue Jays have played themselves out of contention for a playoff spot with 12 losses in their last 16 games, including a 5-4 setback in 12 innings at Baltimore on Sunday.
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Belyavskiy suffered a heartbreaking end to his competition when he fell on his last routine, the horizontal bar, to drop out of contention for the gold medal and miss out on the podium completely.
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Republicans who are center-right and Democrats who are center-left — folks who in the past were knocked out of contention in primaries controlled by the parties — have a real chance to be elected.
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This isn't to say that they don't take it seriously; both teams spent a generation or so effectively out of contention fairly recently, but they have both been close enough of late to suffer.
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Abigail Fisher, who famously sued the University of Texas-Austin for race-based discrimination, was actually shown to have been bumped out of contention not by affirmative action candidates but by other white students.
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No. 5 Louisville CardinalsThe outlook: As with the West Virginia Mountaineers, a few bad losses may keep the Florida State Seminoles out of contention for one of the No. 1 seeds in this year's tournament.
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Johnson led for a season-high 10 laps but was pretty much out of contention when with less than 40 laps to go he was assessed a one-lap penalty for a pit-road violation.
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The climate in which opposition to DeVos could break through to the broader public contributed to Puzder's vulnerability, even if it didn't actually force DeVos out of contention or influence Puzder's fate in obvious ways.
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Appalachian State (222-6), playing in its first game since a home loss to Georgia Southern likely knocked it out of contention for a major bowl bid, has defeated two teams from Power Five conferences.
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His reputation was tarnished by reports he had bought a house at a golf club from a government contractor, though not enough to force him out of the cabinet or out of contention for 2018.
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However, under a KOC regulation, he was then hit with an additional three-year ban from the national team the day the FINA suspension expired, effectively ruling him out of contention for the Rio Olympics.
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Ogier, who is out of contention for the rally win after hitting a rock and retiring his Citroen on Friday's opening leg, returned to the fray but hit another boulder and sustained more suspension damage.
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And with Bolt on the ground and the Jamaicans out of contention, the gold came down to a sprint for the finish between Christian Coleman of the United States and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake of Britain.
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He charged to the top and held a share of the lead entering the final round, only to disintegrate into the Scottish links with a five-over-par 76 that dropped him well out of contention.
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The Mets are out of contention this season, and even with Wednesday's trade of Jay Bruce to the Cleveland Indians, they still have a roster with a notable number of older players in their final years.
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But De Sade's 12-metre long manuscript, along with four works by one of the founders of surrealism, Andre Breton, were this week declared national treasures by France's Ministry of Culture, keeping them out of contention.
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Reigning Masters champions Patrick Reed fell completely out of contention when his one-under-par 69 saw him drop into a share for 53rd with a three-round total of 209, one-under par for the tournament.
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Japan, who were runners-up at last year's World Cup, were already out of contention, though, after an opening 3-1 loss to Australia, draw with South Korea and 2-1 defeat by China on home soil.
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But other than streaks and stats, the game didn't have much meaning given that Boston has already clinched a playoff berth, and the Panthers — playing their last road contest of the season — are officially out of contention.
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Cain bowed out of contention after a backlash to his own nomination over past allegations of sexual harassment and after it became clear he did not have the support of enough Republican senators to win Senate approval.
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His path to confirmation was thrown into doubt after four Republican senators said publicly they would not vote to confirm him, but Cain said as recently as last Thursday that he would not drop out of contention.
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It's ironic that a 68-year-old white woman stands in the way of a return to white racial entitlement, but to the extent that Clinton is the key obstacle, she must be taken out of contention.
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Against that backdrop, Ms. Niou gained attention by dropping out of contention for the Democratic nomination to protest the process, though some local Democrats accused her of withdrawing only after it became clear she could not win.
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Ross Douthat NOW that populist rebellions are taking Britain out of the European Union and the Republican Party out of contention for the presidency, perhaps we should speak no more of left and right, liberals and conservatives.
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Earlier in the race, Linden temporarily took herself out of contention to help fellow American Shalane Flanagan, who won the New York City Marathon in November -- the first American woman to take that honor in 40 years.
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There were three games of the season to go and, with Watford and Sheffield Wednesday already out of contention, there was a straight battle between Bradford and Wimbledon to escape the icy death-grip of 18th place.
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Debutants South Africa are now likely out of contention after two defeats, but China face a do-or-die final pool match against Spain on Monday, when they will need victory to progress given their inferior goal difference.
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Following a third-place finish in Iowa last week — and with polls suggesting she could tumble further in New Hampshire — many moderates feared that if Warren slipped out of contention, the party's left flank would coalesce around Sanders.
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In a closed-league environment, by contrast, clubs out of contention for a title dutifully "play out the string", or even play to lose ("tanking") in order to benefit from a higher amateur-draft pick the following year.
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However, under a controversial Korean Olympic Committee regulation, he was then hit with an additional three-year ban from the national team the day the FINA suspension expired, effectively ruling him out of contention for the Rio Olympics.
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With the Schiele out of contention, the top lot ended up being Kazimir Malevich's "Suprematist Composition with Plane in Projection," an abstract oil painting which soared to $21.2 million, handily beating its $12 million to $18 million estimate.
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Although they are out of contention in the American League playoff chase, the Los Angeles Angels are the hottest team in baseball as they prepare to open a three-game series at the Houston Astros on Friday night.
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With Sapporo out of contention, Calgary, Stockholm and Turkey's Erzurum are left in the running along with an Italian bid, with the IOC next month to name the city or cities to enter the one-year candidature phase.
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You can be forgiven for not paying much attention as the Lions have been out of contention since midseason, but Stafford has actually been fairly good lately, with 19 touchdowns and two interceptions over the past eight games.
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Schippers went too early as she waited for the baton from Jamile Samuel and had to slow down to an almost standing position before the changeover, leaving the European champions well out of contention early in their heat.
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Chicago currently occupies the No. 1133 spot in the East and will play its next two games against teams above it in the East before finishing out the regular season with six straight against teams out of contention.
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On Tennis WIMBLEDON, England — Sunday was an unusual day for Wimbledon to be open for business, which seemed just right considering that this Grand Slam tournament is no longer business as usual with Novak Djokovic out of contention.
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Curiously, in covering this effort, USA Today published a map highlighting cities and states that should be out of contention, yet added a footnote about Philadelphia and Pittsburgh which both offer nondiscrimination protections although their state does not.
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The Royals went 7-19 in July to realistically fall out of contention for a playoff spot, but Eric Hosmer has homered in two of his last three games and is 6-for-13 versus Tampa Bay in 2016.
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The opinion poll confirmed the widely held expectation that the left would be out of contention, and far-right leader Marine Le Pen would be the likely opponent of any center-right candidate in the decisive runoff in May.
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Last week the Rockies seemed to be fading out of contention in the West, but a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday gave them a one-game lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in their division.
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On a day when Australian Jason Day plunged out of contention with a quadruple-bogey at the last, Kisner eked out a one-over 72 on a Quail Hollow course that bared its teeth, despite Friday's rain and little wind.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on Thursday took himself out of contention for the top job at the International Monetary Fund after a German magazine reported that France was lobbying hard for him to take the role.
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The clincher for the A's came when the New York Yankees (23-23) earned a 25-21 win over the Tampa Bay (23-93), formally knocking the Rays out of contention for the second wild-card spot in the American League.
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Only in the Central Division, where first-place Cleveland — which had the best record in baseball last season — has yet to show any signs of awaking is there anything resembling uncertainty over who is in and who is out of contention.
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Busch edged two other Gibbs teammates who were among the four title contenders entering the 400-mile race: the early leader Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin, whose pit crews each made critical blunders that took them out of contention.
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Ryan Palmer looked well out of contention heading into the final round but a course record 10-under 62, which included seven straight birdies to finish, gave him the clubhouse lead on 15-under before Woodland and Koepka came home.
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The EPA in 2017 barred scientists who have won agency-awarded grants from serving on the panel, a move the administration said was aimed at reducing conflicts of interest, but which environmental groups said would keep qualified scientists out of contention.
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James, one of the game's all-time greats, has not ruled himself out of contention for Popovich's squad for his fourth Games after he won bronze in Athens in 2004 and golds at Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.
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KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Poland entered the World Cup finals ranked highest of the four teams in Group H at eighth but ended up being the first team out of contention for the knockouts with a lackluster performance in their first two matches.
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The RNC told VICE News that while it had redirected its Joe Biden task force to Bernie Sanders after the vice president took his name out of contention, the party is still focusing the majority of its resources for opposition research on Clinton.
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Last Saturday, five weeks after Bouteflika's decision to seek a fifth term prompted the biggest protests Algeria has seen since the country gained independence from France, the 82-year-old leader announced he was dropping out of contention and postponing elections indefinitely.
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The Olympic silver medalist was leading the competition to find Europe's top all-round athlete after a 10.64 seconds run in the 100 meters before he made the inexplicable error which ruled him out of contention and prompted him to pull out.
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I'll never really know, but to preemptively take myself out of contention and hire an established male director who's maybe one movie ahead of me and then have them not understand all of the nuanced friendship stuff seemed like a bigger risk.
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He rebounded with a third-place finish at Belle Isle, but since then he has fallen out of contention with 20th-place finishes in the second race at Belle Isle, at Iowa, and at Toronto, along with an 11th at Mid-Ohio.
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Mickelson, who is well out of contention for victory, said he knew the action would bring a two-shot penalty, and that he had hit the ball to prevent it from rolling all the way off the green and behind a bunker.
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"I didn't feel comfortable over any shot today," said Day, whose playing competitor, Troy Merritt, started the day two strokes back and appeared to have shot himself out of contention when he made a double bogey at No. 20143 to fall four behind.
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ROMANS-SUR-ISERE, France (Reuters) - Michael Matthews improved his chances of winning the points classification on the Tour de France, as the Australian claimed the 16th stage on Tuesday after his Sunweb team worked hard to keep green jersey holder Marcel Kittel out of contention.
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Stenson, who won the 2016 British Open at Royal Troon where foul weather also blew many players out of contention, overcame a rocky start at Shinnecock Hills to card a one-over-par 71 that left him two shots back of the four co-leaders.
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Jenson Button of Brawn finished only fifth, but he extended his lead in the series over his teammate, Rubens Barrichello, for the first time in almost two months, while Red Bull's Mark Webber spun out of the race and out of contention for the title.
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But he has also been around long enough to understand his circumstances: With his contract expiring (barring him throwing 252 innings, which would allow it to vest), if the Rangers stayed out of contention there would be little reason for them not to deal him.
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Frenchman Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), who dropped out of contention after cracking on Friday, attacked early on the ascent to the Col du Tourmalet but he and his breakaway companions, Pole Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) and German Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) were caught with about 50km left.
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The victory for the billionaire investors puts the Japanese company further on the back foot in any new negotiations with Xerox, although it is by no means out of contention as Xerox is now expected to go up for sale in an auction at a higher price.
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Those cases mark the justices' first opportunities in over a decade to decide whether maps drawn to marginalise voters from one party violate the constitution—and will help resolve an especially brazen Republican effort in North Carolina to rope Democrats out of contention for congressional races.
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So look for Archer to hit the market again this summer, for real this time, as the Rays fall out of contention and a handful of first-place ball clubs look to lock up the top half of their rotation for the next half-decade or more.
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My allegiance initially came not out of any particular affinity for the team, but out of pettiness—I resented the Royals for having knocked the Blue Jays out of contention and would have rooted for any other National League team that faced them in the Series.
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She stormed out of the blocks on Sunday and at one stage had closed to within four of the lead before a poor finish dropped her out of contention as Korea's Jang Ha-na eased to a four-shot victory thanks to a stunning back nine.
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The termination of the deal puts the Japanese company further on the back foot in any new negotiations with Xerox, although it is by no means out of contention as Xerox is now expected to go up for sale in an auction at a higher price.
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Beck's "The Little Drum Machine Boy," recorded for the 1996 Geffen Records comp Just Say Noël, isn't a faithful cover of Katherine Kennicott Davis's wintry, classical carol, but the updated "Blurred Lines Rule" on the LDBC website states that this version will still knock you out of contention.
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Its last hope, Ulster, did its best on the final weekend by beating the French club Oyonnax, 221-3, to initially lay claim to one of the three places for the best runners-up, but it saw all of its rivals win to knock it out of contention.
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And, even more strikingly, Yalitza Aparicio, who is an indigenous woman and nominated for playing Cleo, was the subject of apparently racially motivated rumblings among some Mexican actresses to keep her out of contention for various awards and racist attacks online after landing on the cover of Vogue Mexico.
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The 28-year-old, who is no stranger to Augusta National heartbreak having thrown away a four-shot lead in the final round in 2011, started three shots behind the leader and eventual champion Patrick Reed but shot a two-over-par 74 to tumble out of contention.
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Since Mr. Gilbert, who has held the position since 2009, announced nearly a year ago that he would step down after the 2016-17 season, a number of top orchestras have named new music directors or chief conductors, taking several renowned maestros out of contention for the New York job.
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Taillon, relievers fuel Pirates past Cardinals PITTSBURGH — With his club nearly out of contention in the National League Central but still locked in a three-way wild-card race, St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny on Sunday handed the ball to a rookie right-hander making his first start of 2017.
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Atlanta was knocked out of contention for the division title with a 12-13 loss at New Orleans last week, while Carolina kept alive its hopes of a division crown when Cam Newton's rushing touchdown with 35 seconds left lifted the Panthers to a 22-2349.8 win over Tampa Bay.
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It was Mr. Percoco who set up the announcement where Mr. Cuomo dropped out of contention; it was Mr. Percoco who went with Mr. Cuomo on a therapeutic fishing trip to Long Island Sound a few days later; and it was Mr. Percoco who served as Mr. Cuomo's "divorce counselor," as the governor later wrote in his memoir.
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At various intervals, random dark horses would shoot ahead of Romney in polls, only to fall back out of contention: As you can see from this chart, the last one to really threaten Romney before voting began, and the only one who had a second, smaller surge—before Romney's Super PAC clobbered him—was Newt Gingrich.
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Championed by another charismatic counter-insurgency specialist, General David Petraeus, who was also considered by Mr Trump for the vacant national security post, but ruled himself out of contention over concerns that he would not be allowed to pick his staff, Mr McMaster helped run operations for the NATO mission in Afghanistan, after it was reinforced by Barack Obama in 2010.
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Championed by another charismatic counter-insurgency specialist, General David Petraeus, who was also considered by Mr Trump for the vacant national security post, but in effect ruled himself out of contention by insisting he be allowed to pick his staff, General McMaster helped run operations for the NATO mission in Afghanistan, after it was reinforced by Barack Obama in 2010.
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On Thursday night, in about the time it takes to reheat a slice of leftover pizza, American figure skater Nathan Chen, the gold medal frontrunner heading into the 2018 Winter Olympics, skated his way — barring some unforeseen magic or heaps of mistakes from his competitors during the upcoming men's free skate — out of contention for a spot on the Olympic podium.
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The GOP debates also featured discussion of Rosie O'Donnell's appearance, the size of Trump's hands, and a voice-raising skirmish between Marco RubioMarco Antonio RubioTrump moves forward with F-16 sale to Taiwan opposed by China The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy Trump crosses new line with Omar, Tlaib, Israel move MORE and Chris Christie that left both of them out of contention.
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Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Eight Democratic presidential hopefuls to appear in CNN climate town hall In shift, top CEOs say shareholder value not top goal MORE (D-Mass.) recently flaming out of contention with her ill-timed DNA pronouncement, it seems unlikely that the former front runner Warren will be running for anything other than her own re-election in 22019.
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The second-seeded Badgers eye their second Big Ten tournament title in three years and fourth overall on Sunday, when they face the eighth-seeded Wolverines in the championship game in Washington D.C. Wisconsin dropped five of six games to fall out of contention for the regular-season conference title, but it has flashed the same form over the last week - especially on defense - that allowed it to race out to a 21-3 start to the campaign.
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