Word: rivalling
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...even more important difference is that the stakes are higher with China. Japan seemed like a fearsome economic rival a quarter-century ago, but it wasn't really a political rival and, with a population less than half that of the U.S., it was unlikely ever to surpass the U.S. as an economic power. China, with its billion-plus population, seems destined to surpass the U.S. in economic clout, and it appears to have designs on rivaling the U.S. as a political and military power. Which means there's no easy way out of the U.S.-China trade impasse...
Since the start of team practices, the Harvard women’s hockey team has consistently focused on bouncing back. It was no wonder then, that after suffering a 2-1 loss to Princeton Saturday night, the Crimson attacked rival Quinnipiac on Sunday with a vengeance...
While the Bobcats took the first point 1:47 into the game, Harvard was loathe to suffer another loss. Scoring the next six goals, the Crimson dominated its conference rival, 7-2, at the final buzzer...
...Lichenstein does - and then begins to roll out a series of nightmares that last the whole day long: rape, incest and a mother so lacking in human decency that she not only aided in a father's lust for a child but also considered that child as a witting rival...
...other words, "If you put one high-fare, loss-making airline together with another high-fare, loss-making airline," Michael O'Leary, head of low-cost rival Ryanair, told Bloomberg, "you will get an airline with higher fares making much bigger losses...