rivalry

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What you need for a rivalry are a couple of great players on a couple of great teams, and a mutual respect between those players and teams.

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  1. noun The act of competing or emulating.
  2. noun The state or condition of being a rival.

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  • We have nothing to show where they were born, but they first showed, eight years ago, as rival wrestling champions of South America--the rivalry was a phony, and they were jailed for going into the tank for each other. —  178 - The Swooning Lady
  • Police have said the shooting followed a gang-related fight between Angilau and another teen, but Angilau's family insists the rivalry was an ethnic dispute between Polynesians and Latinos.
  • The party has spent time and effort in preventing Riyaale Administration from exploiting the traditional rivalry between the two main tribes in the city Habr Yonis and Haber Jeclo; This rivalry was at the core of Riyaale's success in the presidential elections of Nov 2003. —  [unknown placeholder $my.siteName$]
  • Beyond the rivalry is another problem: a lack of an intercantonal strategy. —  GenevaLunch
  • But as great as the rivalry has been, it's never been this big. —  FanHouse
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feud ·  animosity ·  jealousy ·  strife ·  antagonism ·  hostility ·  dissensions ·  dispute ·  discontent ·  ambition ·  contention ·  antipathy

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rivalry:   rivalries
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/ˈraɪvəlri/
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