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FedEx’s daily chart illustrates how it has performed well against its main rival UPS over the past year.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
And AMD has an edge over its rival, he noted, given what he deemed to be superior products.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
Alexander Graham Bell’s 1876 patent for the telephone beat rival Elisha Gray by hours, sparking a contentious legal battle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The group winds up settling on a new planet inhabited by two rival native factions, the Garkohn and the Tehkohn, and Alanna gets caught right in the middle of their conflict.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Hutton was by all accounts a man of the keenest insights and liveliest conversation, a delight in company, and without rival when it came to understanding the mysterious slow processes that shaped the Earth.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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