battle-royal

If you read the biographies you'll discover that at Darwin's death a number of his friends and associates were getting ready for a battle-royal over where he should be buried.

Archbishop's Holy Week Lecture: Faith & Science 2008

Looks like Sharp and Sony are in battle-royal for the title of thinnest TV, with each company promising new and very thin models in time for the holidays.

Canada’s thinnest TV? | Sync Blog 2008

Looks like Sharp and Sony are in battle-royal for the title of thinnest TV, with each company promising new and very thin models in time for the holidays.

Canada’s thinnest TV? | Sync Blog 2008

But this leads us to the doctrine of the universal flux, about which a battle-royal is always going on in the cities of Ionia.

Theaetetus 2007

What passed during that interview in which the battle-royal between her and her niece occurred, she never revealed.

The Virginians 2006

Well, sir, the battle-royal was fought, — Miss Belinda opening the fire, by saying she understood Mrs. Hoggarty had been calumniating her to her friends.

The Great Hoggarty Diamond 2006

So there arose, one fatal day, a battle-royal between dearest Blanche and dearest

The History of Pendennis 2006

Combat ready: For a defense firm that once assembled battle-royal relics like the Mosquito and Spitfire fighters, BAE Systems has come a long way.

Airbus Helps Profit Soar For Olver's BAE Systems 2006

Who knows had there been a battle-royal, and was Miss

The Newcomes 2006

British Lion, or any other lion, cannot always have a worthy enemy to combat, or a battle-royal to deliver.

The Virginians 2006