be rivals

Example Sentences

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The two could be rivals for the Senate seat in 2026.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023

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

Maybe in the future they’ll be rivals for the Oval Office.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2020

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

The United States and Soviet Union would always be rivals, that was a given.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin