fierce
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The culture is collaborative, despite fierce competition - evident at last year's championship, when Erbacher offered Callin spare parts after her car was damaged.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
After fierce pushback from members of both parties, the pair pulled back.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
But the visit showed a surprising alignment of visions between the U.S. and Chinese presidents, embracing fierce competition that avoids miscalculation and conflict.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The Austin apartment market is oversaturated, so competition among landlords to attract tenants is fierce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
It was a fierce and dauntless beauty, but it was not welcoming.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Competition in China “is fiercer than in any other part of the world,” said Bjorn, the former CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
The Rams head logo has been “enhanced to appear bolder and tougher for a fiercer expression, and the horn features a sharper, more defined point,” the release said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
They told us that we had done battle with fiercer adversaries in the past, and we would again someday.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Aaron Donald, one of the fiercest pass rushers in NFL history, is coming out of retirement to rejoin the Rams in hopes of winning another Super Bowl title.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Oil prices are well off highs hit during the fiercest fighting last spring thanks to subdued demand from China, Japan, India and Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Indeed, months of drought and heat waves tend to foreshadow the fiercest wildfires.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 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
And my body howled out loud, with my face raised to the sky, the fiercest, scariest yell I didn’t even know I had in me.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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