1.   And as technologies for these weapons began to escape meaningful international controls, the Cold War competition ended.

2.   And as technologies for these weapons began to escape meaningful global controls, the Cold War competition ended.

3.   Apparently, the competition ended rather early.

4.   But Japanese competition ended that lucrative game.

5.   Fierce competition ended that impromptu era.

6.   Like Agassi, he believes a best-of-five-match competition should end as soon as one team wins three matches.

7.   Now that a round-the-world flight has succeeded, the competition has ended, and few balloonists are likely to try for a lesser goal.

8.   Once the competition ended, competitors in the first two rotations were given a chance to vault again.

9.   Peter Thomson, who stepped in to replace Graham, has instructed his players not to discuss the ouster until the competition has ended.

10.   The competition ended in a standoff.