nearest rival

collocation in English

meaningsofnearandrival

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near
adjective[before noun]
uk
/nɪər/us
/nɪr/
not far away in distance, time, characteristics, ...
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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 ofnearandrivalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If the margin of victory over second parties in general is unimportant, does the ideological disposition of the incumbents'nearestrivalmake a difference?
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In size, it appears to have been slightly larger than itsnearestrival.
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Ten's share for the night was 41.3%, almost 20% ahead of itsnearestrival.
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In 2011, she was re-elected with 58% of the vote compared to 18% for hernearestrival.
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Villeneuve again set pole position with a time over a second faster than hisnearestrival, resulting in a well-spaced field.
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His assist total is likewise first all-time in the minor leagues, and is half again that of hisnearestrival.
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The closest fought contest in the constituency in decades, he still boasted a majority of 5,566 over hisnearestrival.
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She won with 816 points while hernearestrivalhad 502.
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In both cases hisnearestrivalwas in single figures.
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He took 238 wickets in all matches, 61 more than hisnearestrival.
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He took 49.8% of the vote, with hisnearestrivalwinning 23.4%.
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He won this highly-contested race by a seven percent margin over hisnearestrival.
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He also backed the manager, despite poor results and the club dropping 20 points behind theirnearestrival.
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Despite this, he polled well on election day, achieving 42.2% of the primary vote (compared to hisnearestrivalwho received 9.2%), and was re-elected.
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He finished the season with 24 goals, 14 more than hisnearestrival.
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Dr nara was thenearestrivalat that time, too.
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He defeated hisnearestrivalby 139,429 votes.
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In all of the 5 races in the series, the car was at least 2 seconds quicker than theirnearestrival.
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