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medal

/ˈmɛdəl/ verb C2
  1. To win a medal. (colloquial, intransitive) · He medalled twice at the Olympics.
  2. To award a medal to. (transitive)

He/she/it medals · Past medaled · Past participle medaled · -ing form medaling

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Verb forms

Base form
medal
He/she/it
medals
Past
medaled
Past participle
medaled
-ing form
medaling

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They would willingly have subscribed to that soup-plate medal of which the criminal had spoken, but an unappreciative Bench took a less favourable view, and the Killer returned to those shades from which he had just emerged.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 95 · B2
Ruby, perceiving the Queen’s calendar lying on the table, wanted to know if Anne meant to try for the gold medal.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 295 · C1
Before Josie had told the news Anne’s highest pinnacle of aspiration had been a teacher’s provincial license, First Class, at the end of the year, and perhaps the medal!
Anne of Green Gables, p. 295 · C1
It was admitted that the medal contestants had practically narrowed down to three--Gilbert Blythe, Anne Shirley, and Lewis Wilson; the Avery scholarship was more doubtful, any one of a certain six being a possible winner.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 299 · C1

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