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The hopscotch rotation was designed to level the playing field among fierce competitors when broadcast networks ruled the industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

After fierce pushback from members of both parties, the pair pulled back.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Most of my friends are willing to get married but not have kids,” she said, mentioning the fierce competition in China for places at the best schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

However, the proposed transformation sparked fierce backlash from neighbors, who objected to the scale of the project.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Your Mamá is Mariposa too, tenacious and fierce, but generous with her love,” the Virgen assured me.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Many of Europe’s auto players are struggling with fiercer competition, notably in China, as well as generally weak demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

The Rams head logo has been “enhanced to appear bolder and tougher for a fiercer expression, and the horn features a sharper, more defined point,” the release said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 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

The fiercest recent fighting has been on the western approaches, where the two sides are contesting high ground overlooking the city's route south.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

But now, the lines are drawn for two of the fiercest battles of the football season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Aaron Donald, one of the fiercest pass rushers in NFL history, is coming out of retirement to rejoin the Rams in hopes of winning another Super Bowl title.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Indeed, months of drought and heat waves tend to foreshadow the fiercest wildfires.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

His father had talked of him often: the peerless Robert Baratheon, demon of the Trident, the fiercest warrior of the realm, a giant among princes.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin