bitter rivalry

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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rivalry
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/us
/ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/
a situation in which people, businesses, etc. compete with each other for the ...
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(Definition ofbitterandrivalryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Their celebrated friendship, which later became abitterrivalry, remains inseparable from the conceptual foundations of the anatomical sciences, including comparative anatomy and paleontology.
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For where there is unrestrictedbitterrivalryand competition, in the end the intensity of the emotions reaches a climax which issues in violence itself.
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The expedition led to abitterrivalrybetween the two men.
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It's fun watching their early friendship evolve into abitterrivalry.
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It involved abitterrivalrybetween an old frontier town and an upstart town that was built on a swamp.
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There were accusations of dirty play and unprofessionalism, that added fuel to an alreadybitterrivalry.
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This publication error increased thebitterrivalrybetween the two men, and led to an apparent confrontation.
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Both fall in love with her, and their friendship turns tobitterrivalry.
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In 1891, abitterrivalrydeveloped between the two clubs.
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He has a long andbitterrivalrywith the old elf, taking his granddaughter captive and impregnating her.
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This created abitterrivalrybetween the two and both have issued death threats.
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In 2000, thebitterrivalryturned particularly violent.
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Both schools and their respective town communities have developed abitterrivalrytoward each other.
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This bred abitterrivalrybetween the two; one that persisted for many years.
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Neither can forget theirbitterrivalry.
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I should like to refer to the bitter rivalries and antagonisms which have grown up between the different types of local authorities.
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It has caused unnecessary and very bitter rivalries.
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The rivalry has been recognized as one of the most bitter rivalries in college sports.
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