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Recent Examples of archrival
The Barstool Sports founder takes regular shots at the Buckeyes, especially after his Wolverines have enjoyed four straight wins over their archrivals on the football field.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
In effect, Israel has held the PLO and its subsidiaries—the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Fatah political party—responsible for the actions of all Palestinians, including the PLO’s extremist archrival, Hamas.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Ditka’s point of reference was Jim Grabowski, a Chicago kid who starred at fullback in college for Illinois and then for five seasons in the mid-1960s with Ditka’s archrival Green Bay Packers.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Greenberg, a 32-year veteran of L’Oréal, took the reins in March 2022, after Stéphane Rinderknech left the company for archrival LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
In effect, Israel has held the PLO and its subsidiaries—the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Fatah political party—responsible for the actions of all Palestinians, including the PLO’s extremist archrival, Hamas.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Ditka’s point of reference was Jim Grabowski, a Chicago kid who starred at fullback in college for Illinois and then for five seasons in the mid-1960s with Ditka’s archrival Green Bay Packers.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Greenberg, a 32-year veteran of L’Oréal, took the reins in March 2022, after Stéphane Rinderknech left the company for archrival LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archrival
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On the surface, Çiftlik Bank—Turkish for Farm Bank—was little more than a FarmVille rip-off; the functionality for tending to digital crops and livestock was lifted more or less straight from their competitor.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Bessent was questioned by Democrats and some Republicans for his support, in the context of Argentina being a competitor to the US in exporting soybeans to China.—
Daniel Flatley,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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American has fallen behind large rivals Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in the post-Covid luxury travel boom that has taken Seoul spa vacations and 40th birthday bashes abroad out of the chat and armed millions of consumers with high-end rewards credit cards.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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Analysts say his intervention stopped escalating hostilities, though tensions persist in what remains a fragile, ongoing cold conflict between the longtime regional rivals.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Absent replacing party sinecurists with able, energetic people, nothing can keep candidates from adopting this agenda on their own—as some younger primary challengers of Democratic incumbents are already starting to do.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Jorgensen was elected to the council in 2021 and is seeking a second term against five challengers.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Bachelor season 19 contestant, Jade Roper Tolbert, who runs her own cosmetics company, was also a judge.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The final round of voting is now open, so take a look at the contestants and cast your vote for your favorite cat and dog in South Florida.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Archrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archrival. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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