as in contestant
one who strives for the same thing as another
two universities that are long-standing corrivals for the title of best in the nation
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Noun
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America's Next Top Model season 8 contestant Jael Strauss, 34, died two months after being diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, in December 2018.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026 -
As with past years, each group of contestants had a practice round in which no one was eliminated.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
Noun
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This dynamic creates a survival-of-the-fittest scenario where smaller companies — who can’t afford to sit on piles of unsold metals — might be forced into the arms of larger competitors.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
4 May 2026
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Travis Madeira, a fourth-generation lobsterman who founded the lobster-shipping business LobsterBoys with his brother, makes about 80% of his sales to Americans, unlike some competitors who primarily export.—
Matt Sedensky,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
Noun
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While some contenders tasted nearly candied, the sugar here was just enough to balance the other flavors at play.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 May 2026
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Green also mixed it up with Barkley, a longtime subject of Warriors fans’ ire because of his status as a holdout against the early Curry-Green-Klay Thompson Golden State teams’ viability as a true contender, citing their reliance on jumpshooting.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
Noun
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This is a matchup of longtime rivals in the old Garden Grove League.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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Chimaev just wants his rival to make it to the cage.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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