The article states: Generations of kids know that skipping rope can be fun, but these agile athletes aren't here just to jump for joy. The team is vying for trophies and titles at the Double Dutch Holiday Classic. It's a contest in the competitive sport of Double Dutch, where players leap over two ropes turned in a horizontal "eggbeater" pattern. Which phrase from the passage provides context clues for the meaning of the word vying? here just to jump for joy skipping rope can be fun a contest in the competitive sport a horizontal "eggbeater" pattern

The phrase "vying for trophies and titles" provides context clues for the meaning of the word vying, indicating that the team is competing and striving to win in the Double Dutch Holiday Classic contest.