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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 snub
- Math has no Nobel; the Fields Medal fills the gap.
- Refused gold
- Three people have declined the Nobel Prize.
- Ig Nobels
- Honor research that makes you laugh, then think.
- Cracker history
- Cracker Jack put toy prizes in boxes since 1912.
- Lottery odds
- Powerball jackpot odds sit near one in 292 million.
nobel prize — annual award in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, and economics since 1901
pulitzer prize — annual american award for journalism, letters, drama, and music since 1917
booker prize — annual british literary award for english-language fiction novels since 1969