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“Their candidatures have put the Olympic Movement in a win-win situation, with very little to separate the two projects,” said Patrick Baumann, the panel chairman and an IOC member.

From Washington Times • Jul. 6, 2017

South African officials have said they are likely to bid, and Paris, Budapest, Istanbul and Melbourne are discussing candidatures.

From Chicago Tribune • Jan. 8, 2015

“Two very interesting candidatures with a very diverse approach” is how IOC President Thomas Bach described them on Thursday.

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2014

"Obviously this time it will not be somebody from Europe, so we will have to see what the candidatures are," European Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht told reporters last week during a visit to Geneva.

From Reuters • Dec. 17, 2012

Arbitrary taxation, scandalous intervention in elections, forced candidatures, confusion in their financial administration, bankruptcy and revolt on the part of the tenants: all formed an anticipation of the personal rule of Richelieu and Louis XIV.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various