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1. Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack are the top contenders for this year’s County Music Association Awards. Snaring 6 nominations each, among the other big name nominees, Keith Urban, Toby Keith, Gretchen Wilson, Sugarland, Rascal Flatts and George Strait.
2. Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West promises to stick to music at this week's NFL opening kick-off concert in L.A. Last week of course join a telethon for Hurricane Katrina survivors on NBC, West verbally lashed out at President Bush, alleging that he doesn’t care about black people.
3. And GQ's "Woman of the Year" is Charlotte Church, the magazine hails the Welsh teen as a role model , praising her transformation from opera child prodigy to a pop star.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. contender
contender contenders
A contender is someone who takes part in a competition. (JOURNALISM)
Her trainer said yesterday that she would be a strong contender for a place in Britain's Olympic squad.
Our British Affairs correspondent reports on how the three contenders reacted to the news of the resignation.
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2. rapper
rapper rappers
A rapper is a person who performs rap music.
The British pop charts have been dominated by rappers like MC Hammer in recent months.
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3. verbal
1 verbal
You use verbal to indicate that something is expressed in speech rather than in writing or action.
They were jostled and subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse.
We have a verbal agreement with her.
The West must back up its verbal support with substantial economic aid.
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· verbally
Teachers were threatened with kitchen knives, physically assaulted and verbally abused.
Twins often have difficulty expressing themselves verbally.
ADV
4. lash out
2 lash out lashes out; lashing out; lashed out
If you lash out at someone or something, you speak to them or about them very angrily or critically.
As a politician Jefferson frequently lashed out at the press.
The Cuban leader lashed out against the policy of the US President.
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5. role model
role model role models
A role model is someone you admire and try to imitate.
Five out of the ten top role models for British teenagers are black.
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6. prodigy
prodigy prodigies
A prodigy is someone young who has a great natural ability for something such as music, mathematics, or sport.
The Russian tennis prodigy is well on the way to becoming the youngest world champion of all time.
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