be rivals

Example Sentences

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Close their whole lives, they'll be rivals when the teams take the field Tuesday night for Game 1.

From Fox News • Oct. 26, 2021

These schools feel like they should be rivals by proximity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2021

The Wooden Planks say they have nothing to do with all that, insisting that “we may be rivals, but we are not enemies.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2018

They were supposed to be rivals, not best friends.

From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2016

“I think I'll end up a Spirit, but I really want to be a Vision because I don't want to be rivals with my older sister. Spirits and Visions hate each other,” another added.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton