fiercely

Mr. Eyman touches on a great sadness here, that of a lifelong insecurity that made a fiercely intelligent woman hide within a statue of her own making.

So it was bittersweet to this fiercely ambitious author that writing fame arrived with “The Snow Leopard,” his 1978 chronicle of a two-month trek to the Tibetan Plateau of the Himalayas.

At the same time, there are areas where buyers are competing fiercely for scarce listings, offering far above the asking price to close the deal.

Confronting increasing costs and decreasing state and federal funding, the University of California regents on Wednesday approved a tuition hike lauded by UC leaders but fiercely opposed by students.

As the judge says, the companies compete fiercely for users’ time and attention.