fierce
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“He believed that good companies would make money. Bad companies would fail. And consumers would get fair prices from fierce competition.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Hit by US tariffs, patchy demand for electric cars and above all fierce competition in and from China, Europe's largest carmaker is in trouble.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Watch the video to learn how Campari turned a 107-year-old aperitif into a 21st century icon—and activated fierce competition in the process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
But it was met with fierce opposition from some, including family and former colleagues of PC Harper.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The polar bear was a fierce hunter, but he knew better than to fight the mighty beach master.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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It’s possible this year’s conditions could grow into a rarer and fiercer “super El Niño.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The firm had been aiming to close the deal by September but agreed to table its takeover — perhaps until next spring — to allow a fiercer than expected challenge from California Atty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
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
The wind was fiercer up on the road.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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But now, the lines are drawn for two of the fiercest battles of the football season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Australians who faced a "Black Summer" blaze that scorched millions of hectares say they may have lessons for European countries hit by some of the fiercest fires in living memory.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Tejon in 1854 mainly to monitor and subdue Native Americans, but before it closed, in 1864, it survived the fiercest recorded earthquake in California history, magnitude 7.9 on Jan. 9, 1857.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Uefa - Infantino's fiercest critic - dealt its trump card on Thursday by threatening to boycott all Fifa competitions, including the World Cup.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Hosteen was a bull, slow to anger but implacable once roused, and by repute the fiercest fighter of Lord Walder’s get.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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