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It wasn’t until AI sparked fierce competition and an explosion in power demands that the industry changed course.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Hit by US tariffs, patchy demand for electric cars and above all fierce competition in and from China, Europe's largest carmaker is in trouble.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

But regional and community banks have been struggling to keep their depositors in recent years, facing fierce competition from national megabanks and online investing alternatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

But it was met with fierce opposition from some, including family and former colleagues of PC Harper.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Her voice becomes fierce, just like the first day I met her.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Its electrophysiology business, which focuses on treating heart-rhythm disorders, is also struggling to keep up with fiercer competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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

Spain has in recent years endured longer and more intense summer heatwaves, while fiercer autumn storms have drenched the country with torrential rain -- extreme weather events that scientists attribute to human-driven climate change.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

Perhaps nothing in natural history has been at the center of fiercer and more enduring hatreds than the line of ancient beasts known as dinosaurs.

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

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

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

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Oil prices are well off highs hit during the fiercest fighting last spring thanks to subdued demand from China, Japan, India and Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Hosteen was a bull, slow to anger but implacable once roused, and by repute the fiercest fighter of Lord Walder’s get.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin