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Recent Examples of archrival
Meanwhile, the school’s archrival, Duxbury, is the fourth-seeded school.
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Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
27 May 2026
Few corporations retain documents for anywhere near that long, and in the intervening decades, Spink — once one of London’s premier antiquities dealers — had been acquired by Sotheby’s archrival, Christie’s, which subsequently sold off or shut down most of the business.
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Matthew Campbell,
Bloomberg,
22 May 2026
Because if Vitello can’t handle a simple case of a star player forgetting the outs at a critical juncture of the game against an archrival, who is to say what will be accepted next for a team that’s already flirting with effective playoff elimination?
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
OpenAI and Anthropic are now valued at $852 billion and $380 billion, respectively, with Anthropic reportedly in talks to at least match its archrival’s valuation in a new fundraise.
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Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
27 May 2026
Few corporations retain documents for anywhere near that long, and in the intervening decades, Spink — once one of London’s premier antiquities dealers — had been acquired by Sotheby’s archrival, Christie’s, which subsequently sold off or shut down most of the business.
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Matthew Campbell,
Bloomberg,
22 May 2026
Because if Vitello can’t handle a simple case of a star player forgetting the outs at a critical juncture of the game against an archrival, who is to say what will be accepted next for a team that’s already flirting with effective playoff elimination?
—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
OpenAI and Anthropic are now valued at $852 billion and $380 billion, respectively, with Anthropic reportedly in talks to at least match its archrival’s valuation in a new fundraise.
—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archrival
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Turning to larger athletic shoe players, prospects are mixed as smaller competitors inch ahead.
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While art remains the primary business for Sotheby’s and its competitors, sports memorabilia and other collectibles have quickly become important categories as the major houses work to broaden their collector bases.
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In what felt like an absolute fever dream, the PIX 11 studio team was talking to reporter Steve Gelbs before a game against the division-rival Philadelphia Phillies.
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Escalating violence Sydney’s western suburbs are ground zero for a turf war that’s seen criminal gangs shoot up rivals’ homes, ignite cars and businesses, kidnap and kill associates and terrorize their families.
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Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews' ruling overturns a June 15 decision by Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher to disqualify the challenger and keep him off the primary ballot.
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Attorneys for the challenger Sullivan argued that the Constitution lays out three exclusive qualifications for the Senate, addressing only age, citizenship and residency.
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Casa Amor’s Alannah Keyser is the latest Love Island contestant to get fired after a video surfaced of her allegedly using the N-word.
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This is not the first time a Love Island USA contestant was booted from the show for a similar situation.
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“Archrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archrival. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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