noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bronze medal
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The bronze medal went to Nool of Estonia.
gold medal
Medal of Honor
prize/award/medal etc winner
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a Nobel prize winner
silver medal
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bronze
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He won a bronze medal for Britain in the 1952 Olympics.
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She had not competed well in the 100 meters, earning a bronze medal when gold had been her goal.
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The school entered large numbers of girls for Royal Life Saving Society's bronze and silver medals .
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With a few more helpings, I think Team Chronicle could have a shot at a bronze medal in basketball.
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It was resolved to purchase silver and bronze medals , and an embossed certificate of merit.
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In 1988, Carr threw his bronze medal on the floor in anger and then into a trash can after it chipped.
gold
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Britain's Olympic team returning from Los Angeles with five gold medals , 11 silver and 21 bronze.
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They had won a second gold medal .
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He brought with him the kind of gold medal form that helped Great Britain to Olympic glory in the Seoul sunshine.
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Michael Johnson followed his golden shoes to a gold medal .
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There are then further prizes of gold medals , the Phillips Cup and the proceeds of two sweepstakes.
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Serious contenders for the prestigious individual all-around gold medal title could number as many as 10.
individual
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Convincingly winning the dozen strong mixed team also secured the lions share of individual medals .
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Serious contenders for the prestigious individual all-around gold medal title could number as many as 10.
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Only the pole vaulter Sergei Bubka and the discus thrower Lars Riedel have won more individual medals .
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Now, there is talk that he could win three individual gold medals , perhaps even a fourth on a relay team.
olympic
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Classic footage, but a golden opportunity wasted to trace his career from his Olympic gold medal days.
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Gunnell gave herself the perfect wedding present when she unwrapped an Olympic gold medal in the 400metres hurdles.
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For the first time since 1920, no national records were set. Olympic medal projections based on world rankings are grim.
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By 15 she was telling her school careers officer she wanted to win an Olympic gold medal .
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Considered by many as the greatest female athlete of all time, Joyner-Kersee has won a total of six Olympic medals .
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Despite all his World Championship success, the Olympic gold medal had somehow eluded him.
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They won two Olympic gold medals , at Calgary and Lillehammer.
silver
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She had trained under Kate Rorke at the Guildhall, where she won the silver medal for elocution.
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But realistically, the best anyone can hope for in 1996 is a silver medal .
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I eased down, just holding on for the silver medal , but it was the end of my Commonwealth Games.
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That is not to diminish any of the efforts of hard-working, courageous athletes who have won silver medals here.
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The school entered large numbers of girls for Royal Life Saving Society's bronze and silver medals .
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It was resolved to purchase silver and bronze medals , and an embossed certificate of merit.
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He was awarded the silver medal of the Mozarteum in 1950.
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After 3 years of winning silver gilt medals , they're hoping to go for gold this year.
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campaign
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His recreations were travel, opera, roses and collecting campaign medals .
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It was the only campaign medal ever legislated by Congress.
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He presented 23 soldiers with campaign medals on behalf of the First Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment.
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If the Fuhrer asks you to build only concentration camps, where can you win any campaign medals except by inventing them?
ceremony
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Martin Offiah has been fined £250 for snubbing the medal ceremony after the Charity Shield.
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He recovered, but a teammate had to step in for the medal ceremony .
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A little later, he was back for the medal ceremony .
championship
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Both he and Gorman went on to win championship medals in April.
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She won three world championship medals and competed in 25 major international meets.
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He drifted into junior football but then linked up again with McFall at Portadown - where he won two championship medals .
cup
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The Privett Cup medal competition was played on Sunday.
winner
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Once again we've supplied the sails for a long list of medal winners .
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Clint had it all: a top filmstar, successful grand-prix driver, gold medal winner at the Munich Olympics.
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The first monthly medal winner was L.C. Smith, one of only nine competitors.
■ VERB
award
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For that he was awarded his first life-saving medal .
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He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1888, and was awarded its Royal medal in 1891.
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Lewis, who had finished second, was awarded the gold medal .
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President of the Institute of Metals in 1938-40, he was awarded their platinum medal in 1941.
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Those awarded congressional gold medals have not led sainted lives.
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Emma, who presently works in corporate finance, was awarded the IoT medal and Butterworth prize for the highest overall marks.
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He was awarded the Symons gold medal of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1944.
collect
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The teams made Darlington the first club ever to collect medals in the championship in the same season.
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Without Shirley, he probably wouldn't have done a ton of marathons and collected his first medal from the Hundred Club.
deserve
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You deserve more than a medal .
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She deserved a medal for even recognizing his existence.
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Good luck, Mr Greer, you deserve more than a medal .
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Among the many other things she deserved , Cynthia Coppersmith deserved a medal .
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His dad deserves a medal for brushing aside officials to reach his injured son.
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It takes a lot of work and Sheree deserves a medal .
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If ever a chimp deserved a medal it was Ham.
earn
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She had not competed well in the 100 meters, earning a bronze medal when gold had been her goal.
get
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The Czar was going to visit the wards at 10 a.m. next day and everyone would get a medal .
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Does he have a chance to get a medal ?
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They certainly didn't get medals .
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Even though I can never go back and get that medal , this makes up for it.
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All swimmers will receive a certificate recording their time and individual participants completing the distance will also get a medal .
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He already got his gold medal in these Games.
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You get no medals for that.
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When I watched the gymnastics team get the gold medal , I imagined myself up there.
receive
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Each finalist will receive a commemorative medal and the top three will win a silver salver.
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In 1934 he received the Linnean medal .
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In 1807 he received the gold medal of the Society of Arts, Commerce, and Manufactures, for his agricultural innovations.
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He received the Polar medal in 1914.
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Nevertheless, I got to Philadelphia in the end and received my medal .
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It was an exultant feeling, climbing on to the rostrum, waving to the crowd and receiving my medal .
wear
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He had a patch over one eye and wore a row of medals sewn lopsidedly to the lapels of his ragged jacket.
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Grand but not too grand, and wearing all its medals and trophies to the fore.
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It showed the famous partisan leader, Ivan Zakob, wearing the medals bestowed on him by Stalin.
win
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Redgrave has already won two gold medals and will become Britain's most successful current Olympic sportsman if he wins his third.
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There had been pressure enough coming into the Sydney Games surrounding her widely publicized goal of winning five gold medals .
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He won a bronze medal for Britain in the 1952 Olympics.
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We just want to win a gold medal .
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She had trained under Kate Rorke at the Guildhall, where she won the silver medal for elocution.
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In 1908 he won an Olympic gold medal in the pole vault.
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Both he and Gorman went on to win championship medals in April.
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The truth of his life is that Prefontaine died before achieving his dream of winning an Olympic gold medal .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb deserves a medal
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If you can sit through all 10 hours of lectures, you deserve a medal.
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His dad deserves a medal for brushing aside officials to reach his injured son.
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It takes a lot of work and Sheree deserves a medal.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an Olympic gold medal
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The gold medal was won by Anna Svensen.
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The winning team went up to collect their medals
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Antislavery medals, work bags, albums and china also circulated, sometimes no doubt bearing images of the heroes.
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Both he and Gorman went on to win championship medals in April.
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By the late 1800s, medals began going to philanthropists, inventors and explorers.
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She won three world championship medals and competed in 25 major international meets.
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There was another gold medal for Brackley Sweetpeas from Wingrave in Buckinghamshire.