fierce
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That transformation has surprised many within academy football, where stories persist of fierce rivalries between the two clubs, heated confrontations behind the scenes and intense celebrations after victories at lower age-group levels.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Icahn bought Pep Boys in 2016 for around $1 billion after prevailing in a fierce bidding war against Japanese tiremaker Bridgestone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The launch came as XPeng and other Chinese automakers increasingly look overseas for growth following years of fierce price wars and rapid growth in their home market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Hot and dry conditions also contributed to fierce wildfires in southwestern Ontario and northern Minnesota, with air quality expected to worsen over the Midwestern and Northeastern United States in the coming days.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
“This place has a nest of secrets like a mother bird squatting on her eggs. They tend to them with fierce protection.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
At the Chinese miner’s annual general meeting, Chairman Zou Laichang said that competition in the metals and mining industry is becoming fiercer amid rising geopolitical risks and resource nationalism, the Citi analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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
As John Maynard Keynes said of the challenges of overpopulation, the “chaining up of the one devil may, if we are careless, only serve to lose another still fiercer and more intractable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
Nowhere is the debate fiercer than in Edinburgh.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2024
It is also a testament to his scientific integrity that what did bother him, with far fiercer urgency, was the integrity of the internal logic of his own theory.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who was among those paying their respects, described her as a "remarkable individual" and "the fiercest defender of free speech"
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
In a statement, McMaster said Graham was “irreplaceable,” calling him “the fiercest of fighters for South Carolina and America.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
England and Argentina share one of international football's fiercest rivalries.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Apple has been one of the law's fiercest critics, calling on the EU to repeal the DMA last year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
The dogs bark: sometimes they have contest to see who can bark fiercest, and then they try out how they all sound together.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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