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  • verb US Present participle of rival.

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Examples

  • I believe that you have made your point clear, but after dragging this out for so long and causing such a commotion, it is * my* opinion at least, that you are making a mountain rivaling Everest out of the smallest of mole hills.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Big centipede vs. mouse. 2006

  • Indeed, Oberstar recently made public the outline of an authorization bill for the government's highway and transit programs that he hopes will be the capstone of his long legislative career: a six-year, $450 billion package he describes as rivaling President D.ight D. Eisenhower's creation of the Interstate Highway System more than a half-century ago.

    ModerateVoters.org 2009

  • The owner build the 180th Street stop with the idea of rivaling Grand Central in grandeur.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Brooks of Sheffield 2007

  • The owner build the 180th Street stop with the idea of rivaling Grand Central in grandeur.

    Little Italy Has Actual Villa Brooks of Sheffield 2007

  • Disney has spent the subsequent time enclosing and updating the 1,500-seat theater and building the production that Disney officials have described as rivaling Animal Kingdom's big show, Festival of the Lion King.

    Synergy! Steve Hulett 2006

  • Disney has spent the subsequent time enclosing and updating the 1,500-seat theater and building the production that Disney officials have described as rivaling Animal Kingdom's big show, Festival of the Lion King.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Steve Hulett 2006

  • An ex-dancer disc jockey recalls rivaling a singer for a dancer.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Denon keeps high-end covered with AVR-4810CI receiver, DBP-4010CI universal Blu-ray player and ASD-51 iPod docks HDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's play picoStick USB Digital TV tuner is insanely small, but only in Europe

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2009

  • Denon keeps high-end covered with AVR-4810CI receiver, DBP-4010CI universal Blu-ray player and ASD-51 iPod docks HDI concocts 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV, calls rivaling technology child's play Aion brings in nearly 400,000 pre-orders ahead of launch next week

    Joystiq [Nintendo] 2009

  • Even that was a bit more than most of us wanted to know; but today, credits have taken on a life of their own, and we are treated to a cornucopia of names and titles rivaling the Manhattan telephone directory.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 1 1983

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