Maxie and Hector vied for the top prize in the spelling bee.
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the phrase vied for attention is when someone or something tries
to be noticed and tries to get attention Hope this helps.
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The word vie is a verb which means to compete, contend,
strive,struggle or contest. Vied is the past tense. Example
sentence: Tiger Woods vied to be the best golfer in the world at
the Masters.