fierce rivalry

collocation in English

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fierce
adjective
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/fɪəs/us
/fɪrs/
physically violent ...
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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 offierceandrivalryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On the other side you havefiercerivalryfor place and power, which is made more intense when constitutional changes are under review or have recently been inaugurated.
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It seems to me that the time has come to choose between integration via the market and political integration, betweenfiercerivalryand solidarity and between capitulation and ambition.
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The two companies do not have a good relationship; it is not merely afiercerivalrybetween two channels but a more significant battle between two platforms.
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The two teams had created afiercerivalryduring the season due to several controversial and violent games.
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Eventually theirfiercerivalryturns to a secret affection, which blossoms into love.
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Thisfiercerivalryextended to the track and field programs, where for a period, they met twice a year.
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A group of mysterious guardians have been guarding the map to the location of the treasure until afiercerivalryerupts.
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The atmosphere is competitive rather than co-operative, withfiercerivalrybetween the various scientists.
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During the 1880s and 1890s, the two teams were a part of afiercerivalrythat often became boisterous and violent.
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Afiercerivalryfor the leadership erupted within the family.
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Afiercerivalrybegan to develop between the brothers.
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Either way, it's quite refreshing and can be quite addictive in two-player mode,fiercerivalrydeveloping between friends.
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These two old clubs forged quite afiercerivalry.
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Twins in mythology are often cast as two halves of the same whole, sharing a bond deeper than those of other ordinary siblings, or facingfiercerivalry.
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This match would spark the beginning of afiercerivalrybetween the two men they would fight two more times with both of them splitting wins.
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Blakeman had been a female morris dancer until she was 16, but the play is as much about bickering, bonding andfiercerivalrybetween women.
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Due to each club's close proximity towards each other being separated by only 40 km and sociological differences between each club's supporters, afiercerivalrydeveloped.
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The brass band world is as full of drama and fierce rivalries as any soap opera.
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Teams develop fierce rivalries, and violence is not uncommon during matches.
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