Word Finder - wins

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To conquer, defeat.

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To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).

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To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).

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To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.

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to win the jackpot in a lottery;  to win a bottle of wine in a raffle

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To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).

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To achieve victory.

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Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?

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To have power, coercion or control.

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Ever since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Bostonians now run as "One Boston." The terrorists did not win.

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To obtain (something desired).

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The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.

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To cause a victory for someone.

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The policy success should win the elections for Mr. Smith.

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To extract (ore, coal, etc.).

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An individual victory.

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Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.

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A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.

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Gain; profit; income.

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Wealth; goods owned.

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Pleasure; joy; delight.

Happy the man who wins her!

Darkyn wins now if you don't figure out this simple truth.

And Death always wins.

One wins and one loses.

In these cases the caller of "Wellington" wins four times the stake and loses twice the stake, the caller of "Blucher" receives six times and loses three times the stake.

The teen with the most cards at the end wins.

The first player to accumulate 500 points wins the game.

Following a number of new account wins, they are now seeking a talented copywriter to join their creative team.

Whichever team can shave the most balloons without them breaking, wins.

The team with the fewest number of socks left when you call, "stop," wins.

The team with the most number pairs when the leader calls, "stop," wins.

Some scholarships can also be gained if a girl wins a beauty pageant or contest.

The first team to complete the relay wins.

The team with the most creative, best constructed item after 30 minutes wins.

The first player to guess his identity correctly, wins.

It's the oldest bond there is, old enough to keep the mating bond from shifting when she wins her deal.

By now, he's found a way to keep her there, even if she wins our deal.

And just because God attains and wins and finds this uniqueness, all our lives win in our union with Him the individuality which is essential to their true meaning.

As Christianity wins the day, a new objection is raised to it.

This character of a proselytizing faith which wins its victories by peaceful means has remained a prominent feature of Buddhism to the present day.

If the declarer succeeds in making at least the number of tricks he stood for he wins whatever stakes are played for; if not he loses.

If the player declaring Nap wins he receives double stakes all round; if he loses he only pays single stakes all round.

This ranks, as a declaration, between three and four, but the player pays a double stake on three, if he wins a trick, and receives a single on three if he takes none.

In Greek heroic myth Jason thus wins Medea, and (in the race) Milanion wins Atalanta.

The inspirations which the prophet receives by angelic messengers are compared with the irradiation of intellectual light, which the philosopher wins by contemplation of truth and increasing purity of life.

At length Esther or Shahrazad wins his heart and becomes queen.

Boss Gary Mills suffered the heaviest defeat of his managerial reign to end a run of five straight wins.

The Brazilian ace took two pole positions, two race wins and two fastest laps.

Why not inject a bit of fun where the child with the tallest beanstalk wins a prize?

Ashour fights Galifi for a semi-final berth tomorrow, and whoever wins will add a milestone to their career.

Notwithstanding the recent wins, our pipeline of new sales prospects remains extremely buoyant.

Three wins out of three, our biggest challenge was still to come against top of the table UWE.

On the other hand, Jesus wins support through sheer charisma.

Makybe Diva, now christened " The Mare " in Australia, has a record of 15 wins from 36 starts.

Three of the four championship contenders had to work very hard for their class wins, only James Christie having a relatively easy victory.

City still need points to ensure safety from relegation, while a few good wins would catapult Ciren back into promotion play-off contention.

In my continuing straw pole on whether to use cork or plastic to stopper wine cork wins by 90% .

Simon wins a 3 piece ash snooker cue endorsed by " The Rocket " Ronnie O'Sullivan.

The player whose ball is the closest to the innermost edge of the balk cushion wins the lag.

He becomes the darling of the Parisian theater scene, yet he never wins his love.

Declarer must now attack trumps, but North wins the 2nd round and forces declarer must now attack trumps, but North wins the 2nd round and forces declarer to ruff a 3rd time.

This has caused disillusionment in a private sector reluctant to waste bidding costs where lowest price wins at the end of the day.

Kitty wins a year's supply of hot dogs.

Beachill, amazingly, accomplished these impressive wins while anxiously waiting news of his impending fatherhood.

A common type of situation is where Player A is favorite, and if she wins she is very likely to win a gammon.

Tony Blair wins Tony Blair is the first Labor Prime Minister to have won three general elections in a row.

This English Rose is a winsome English gentlewoman, resident in Ireland, who wins th heart of the Irish hero.

The computer simply works out whose co-ordinates are closest and, hey presto, some jammy git wins the car.

A local gymkhana, which Mariette wins, proves to be the final catalyst.

Recent freight haulage contract wins for EWS include a five year contract with TOTAL UK Limited.