bitter rival

collocation in English

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bitter
adjective
uk
/ˈbɪt.ər/us
/ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/
Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in ...
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rival
noun[C]
uk
/ˈraɪ.vəl/us
/ˈraɪ.vəl/
a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the ...
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(Definition ofbitterandrivalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The match was the first time that the twobitterrivalfootball competitions had ever played against each other.
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Goalkeepers, the last line of defense, have particularly strong testosterone changes when playing against abitterrivalas compared to a training season.
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Most countries have two and even three; and when there is more than one they are usually bitter rivals.
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Regardless, they had become bitter rivals by 1555.
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The two are bitter rivals and are always competing with each other on various things.
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The two bitter rivals engage in a swordfight on top of the tower.
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Ironically, the 95.1 and 106.1 frequencies, which were once bitter rivals, are now co-owned.
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Together they have run two shows in which they have played bitter rivals toward one another to build up a story heading into each event.
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The two clubs were bitter rivals on the playing field and the women supporters carried the rivalry on to a challenge match.
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Both buildings operated as separate all male residences and were bitter rivals until 1986.
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The two men are depicted as bitter rivals with a genuine antipathy for each other.
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They had become bitter rivals over the leadership of chiropractic.
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Despite their joint success, the two commanders regarded each other as bitter rivals and after the war built competing temples to demonstrate divine favor.
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The two gangs have been bitter rivals ever since.
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However, by 1563, exhausted with his intrigues, the bitter rivals from the north formed an alliance.
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The men are expert billiards players and bitter rivals.
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The two men became bitter rivals in later years.
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While the two newspapers were bitter rivals, they did cooperate at times.
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The result would be a super cluster that would combine the four former oldies stations, once bitter rivals, under the same roof.
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