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The carrot you'd never reach without a finish line to chase it past.
means A reward given to a winner, or anything valued highly enough to be sought after, won, or fought over.
from From Old French 'pris' (price, value, reward), which traces back to Latin 'pretium,' meaning price or worth — so 'prize' and 'price' are siblings, both about what a thing is worth. The sense of 'something captured,' as in a ship 'taken as a prize' at sea, grew from the same root, where worth and seizure blurred into one glittering idea.
Nobel snubMath has no Nobel; the Fields Medal fills the gap.
Refused goldThree people have declined the Nobel Prize.
Ig NobelsHonor research that makes you laugh, then think.
Cracker historyCracker Jack put toy prizes in boxes since 1912.
Lottery oddsPowerball jackpot odds sit near one in 292 million.