How to Use rivalry in a Sentence

rivalry

noun
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  • There is a bitter rivalry between the two groups.
  • Here are some of the most heated rivalries in North Texas.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The tech rivalry between the world’s two largest economies has been heating up.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023
  • There are no red lines or rules in place to contain their rivalry.
    — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The rivalry goes back even further While the cage match puts the pair in the spotlight, the feud between Musk and Zuckerberg is not a new one.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 28 June 2023
  • But for a rivalry to take hold, the results must be evenly matched.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • But at least for now, the rivalry benefits one man more than the other.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
  • Largely fueled by Williams, the rivalry went on for years.
    — TIME, 8 Nov. 2023
  • And there are no signs of this rivalry cooling down anytime soon.
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
  • That’s an in-division rival, a rivalry that goes back longer than any of us.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • In a prime time matchup and division rivalry game, that doesn’t seem likely given the stakes.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The rivalry between Japan’s and South Korea’s national baseball teams has been one of the fiercest in any sport.
    — John Yoon, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The rivalry between the United States and China has heated up.
    — Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The coach walked onto UCLA’s practice field, just days before the big rivalry game, and sidestepped questions about his fate.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The Michigan-Ohio rivalry carried into the dessert course, when Anani battled it out with Vedaa for the winning dish.
    — Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2023
  • But the debate about windmills, cancer, and birds even precedes the Biden/Trump rivalry.
    — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 20 July 2023
  • This is a crosstown rivalry that’s being played as the season opener because of Poway’s league switch.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Here’s the history of how the rivalry has unfolded each decade.
    — Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The more high-profile Prigozhin became, the more his rivalry with the Defense Ministry deepened.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023
  • For Martin, any rivalry between the shows is a mummer’s farce (that is, foolish).
    — WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Having said that, one of my favorite parts of this doc was your rivalry with Kai Greene and how you guys almost came close to coming to blows.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The rivalry goes back to last season, with Carr taking the first two bouts against the two-time national champion.
    — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2024
  • After more than a month of clinging to hopes of a Pac-12 title, the Trojans no longer have any stakes to play for, outside of the usual bragging rights of the crosstown rivalry.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The sun is high, the mosquitoes are biting and the age-old rivalry between citronella and bug zappers lives on.
    — Sydney Maki, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Its rivalries with the other Texas schools in the conference could be very intriguing.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Business tends to breed rivalries, and tech has been no different.
    — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 7 July 2023
  • For those wondering, the rivalry between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics is alive and well.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • When both of their children get into the gifted program, the rivalry escalates to a battle of brains.
    — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Dorsey is playing at Crenshaw in a City Section rivalry game.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Winning the right to represent the best and most bankable artists breeds intense rivalry among dealers.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023

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