old rivalry

collocation in English

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old
adjective
uk
/əʊld/us
/oʊld/
having lived or existed for ...
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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 ofoldandrivalryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is wrong to think of thatoldrivalrybetween producer and consumer.
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In that sense, the space race between nations is over and theoldrivalryhas been merged into co-operative ventures.
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While they worked together at first, they soon resumed theiroldrivalryand each formed their own separate gang.
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Theoldrivalrybetween the two clubs may have lost some of its punch, as has the local rivalry between the two sports brands.
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I recall from my schooldays the old rivalries that used to exist between the two cities.
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The old rivalries must be dispelled, and we must have a unitary policy.
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It is perfectly true that we shall see old rivalries and hatreds re-emerging.
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When that was taken away, inevitably the old rivalries appeared again.
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Old rivalries and ambitions have been aroused once again.
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Over and over again he told us that, however well everybody was behaving then, so soon after the war, a lasting obliteration of the old rivalries would require new institutions.
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One is that we could go back into a dangerous muddle of old rivalries, rumours of war, commerce and investment constantly interrupted by rows over tariffs and conflicting trade arrangements.
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The reunion brings old rivalries to the surface.
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Old rivalries and perhaps even full-fledged conspiracies between rival generals may have had influence over this development.
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The fighting was a result of old rivalries.
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At the same time, old rivalries flare up, and the friends begin infighting over unresolved issues from the past.
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Brooks bluntly tells the players that they are to let go of old rivalries and start becoming a team.
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