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The idea, which was met with fierce opposition from banks, hasn’t materialized.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

We were in a fierce seller’s market and this was typical: Friends of ours in Boston had been making wild highball offers for years, and had always been outbid.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Anthropic's costs could rise as it faces fierce competition for top staff and computing power from other AI giants.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

“In a world of endless choice and fierce competition for attention, we don’t just want to succeed,” the memo states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

She stared at Jeremy, and he saw something terrible in her eyes, fierce and sad and angry all at the same time.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

Consumers are more in play than we expected in January, and the competition’s fiercer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Apple’s share in the premium smartphone segment fell to 65% in 1H 2026 from 74% in 1H 2022, mainly due to fiercer competition in China, the largest premium market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

It’s possible this year’s conditions could grow into a rarer and fiercer “super El Niño.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

The firm had been aiming to close the deal by September but agreed to table its takeover — perhaps until next spring — to allow a fiercer than expected challenge from California Atty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

It is also a testament to his scientific integrity that what did bother him, with far fiercer urgency, was the integrity of the internal logic of his own theory.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Seen one way, Roy’s talismanic manicure is an object lesson for her fiercest critics: all flash and no substance, evidence the 34-year-old lacks the “gravitas” to be among the state’s most powerful elected lawyers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The difference with Schlittler and Rice is that the Yankees snatched them up from directly under the nose of their fiercest rival.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Of course, the prospect of selling Alvarez to their fiercest rivals was viewed as a non-starter by Atletico.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Australians who faced a "Black Summer" blaze that scorched millions of hectares say they may have lessons for European countries hit by some of the fiercest fires in living memory.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Though the fiercest rioting was on the West Side, General Throckmorton chose to deploy his paratroopers on the East Side, calling this decision “an operational convenience.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides