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[rahy-vuhl] / ˈraɪ vəl /






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It was co-founded in 2021 by brother and sister Dario and Daniela Amodei along with five others - all of whom worked at OpenAI, the rival AI giant behind ChatGPT.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Coupang's entry into the food-delivery market in 2019 -- when it said a rival held more than an 80 percent market share -- had spurred "customer-focused competition", it added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, a top chip-making rival to Nvidia, jumped 13%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

“Danny’s very loyal. He’s always looking out for everyone else,” said Steve Lewis, once a teammate and rival on the track and still a friend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The rival Institute of Chemistry didn’t come into being until 1877, a year after the founding of the American Chemical Society.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The crowd were led by Poland's president and prime minister, the bitter political rivals putting on a rare show of unity after the country's deadliest attack in modern times.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Recent launches of high-performing models from Chinese startups, including Moonshot AI, Z.ai and DeepSeek, have turned up the heat on US rivals.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

As a result, the company has approached Venezuela with more caution than some of its smaller rivals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

As the Labubu mania cools, some of its rivals have become more popular.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

As Smith had foreseen, since his stellar performance in the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap Seabiscuit had been assigned the highest weight in virtually every race, at times carrying over twenty pounds more than his rivals.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The get-rich ethos that defines our time may be only rivaled by our perilously tantalizing obsession with vengeance.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

He said England sent scouts to the Central time zone 18 months before the tournament, and its list of needs rivaled that of any touring rock band.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

DeepSeek hasn’t raised outside funds from investors even after it turned heads in Silicon Valley and Wall Street with a powerful AI model early last year that rivaled those of titans such as OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

The extent to which he has reshaped U.S. politics and society is rivaled by few of his predecessors; presidents such as Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

The character was played by a gifted high school actor, someone talented beyond his years, the only student actor I would see anywhere who rivaled Truman’s best.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

She delivered an opening monologue that rivalled the Globe greats - Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler - roasting the A-list celebrities in the room.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

It has rivalled US tech dominance with the chatbot DeepSeek and BYD, which beat Tesla last year to become the world's largest EV maker.

From BBC ● Apr. 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

It never quite rivalled those institutions, but this was still a significant step in the spread of learning in England.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Other early reports indicate that Black voter turnout in particular soared, rivaling the numbers of Barack Obama’s first presidential run.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

Some members of this group eventually became enormous predators, rivaling tyrannosaurs in size.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Anthropic's Claude chatbot is among the most popular, rivaling ChatGPT and Gemini.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

More than 2 pounds of honor cords, pins, stoles and medallions — a stash rivaling that of a supreme Allied commander — crashed to the dirt outside the 18-year-old’s Adelanto home.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Pushing himself off the ground, Sheed found himself among a gang of Clock Watchers rivaling the library gathering.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Together, the Jio and NSE listings would be among India's largest IPOs in recent years, rivalling Hyundai Motor India's $3.3bn blockbuster share sale two years ago.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

"In the long run, it may well be competing to become the container handling hub in the entire Indo-Pacific region," Joshi said, rivalling Singapore and Malaysia's Port Klang.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

It encompasses the company's AI assistant and family of models, rivalling OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

Injuries have been a factor, but there is also competition for places - with the likes of Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers and Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham rivalling him for the number 10 role.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

Fossil diprotodons of gigantic size and struthious birds rivalling in stature the New Zealand moa, are found in Central Australia.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Edward Palmer


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