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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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Joby has been in a fierce battle to be the first with taxis in the sky with its Northern California competitor Archer Aviation.
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Plaintiffs claimed that Disney’s carriage agreements required streaming platforms to include ESPN in base channel packages, limiting the ability of competitors to offer cheaper bundles.
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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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Her victory over leftist challenger Roberto Sánchez marks her fourth presidential bid and makes her Peru’s first female president-elect.
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Republican Mark Baisley didn't face a challenger for the GOP nomination and will face Hickelooper in the November general election.
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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 3 Jul. 2026.
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