rivalled

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Scientists believe it rivalled the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex in size, measuring around 40 feet long with a 20-inch sword-like crest on its head.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The event "robbed Tulsa of an economic future that would have rivalled anywhere else in the world", Nichols said in a phone interview.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2025

For, although there were always better actors than Richard Chamberlain, few rivalled his ability to hold a television audience.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

At the height of her fame in the 1950s and 1960s, Lollobrigida, who was known simply as "La Lollo," was an internationally recognised epitome of Italian post-war cinema, rivalled only by Sophia Loren.

From Reuters • Jan. 16, 2023

Some were riding to fairs as great as that of Troyes, others to universities which rivalled Paris, where there were twenty thousand scholars whose ranks eventually provided seven popes.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White