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
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
