be rivals
Example Sentences
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People may be rivals in a balance of power, but they are also partners in a great enterprise.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021
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
It was becoming clear that when the war ended the United States and the Soviet Union would be the only world powers left standing—and that they’d be rivals.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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