competing

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was urgently trying to set up a meeting with the president to sort out the competing issues, a person familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

But it wouldn’t have—or perhaps even seek—the same access to all-agency intelligence, and it would tend to value its own analyses over those of competing agencies.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2026

Raising the temperature speeds up the reaction, but it also encourages a competing process known as the reverse water-gas shift reaction, which produces unwanted byproducts and lowers methanol selectivity.

From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026

Wealthy buyers are also competing to snap up high-end watches, pushing their prices up.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 13, 2026

We sprinted through the streets of San Jose in our black sweatshirts, hoods up, hands all sharp like we were competing in the damn summer Olympics.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña