Sentence examples for a deadly rivalry from inspiring English sources

It's a fantastical 19th-century confection about illusion, performance and a deadly rivalry between magicians – rather than acrobats and dogs on bicycles.

As a result, the Syrian Baʿthists established their own Pan-Arab central committee, thereby creating a deadly rivalry with the Iraqi Baʿthists, as each claimed to be the legitimate leader of the Pan-Arab nationalist cause.

Exploring the dramatic world of illusion and ambition of two magicians locked in a deadly rivalry, Christopher Nolan's film was an opportunity for Jackman to show that he could do showmanship without enormous extendable metal claws.

She describes it as "laughably" wrong – "a deadly rivalry that never was, a dried-up bachelor who was actually a father of eight, and flops that were hits in reality" – and reckons nothing about the film can redeem "the fact that the entire premise – that Salieri loathed Mozart and plotted his demise – is probably not true".

Interestingly, this is essentially the same verdict that Josephus delivers, except that, instead of a personal dispute over a party invitation, he talks about the deadly rivalry between political and religious factions.

The Arab states see Iran's nuclear program also in the context of the Sunni-Shiite conflict, and a nuclear, Shiite Iran gives it the upper hand in its deadly rivalry with the Sunni Arab states, especially Saudi Arabia, in securing regional hegemony.

Such deadly rivalries make for a nervous campaign.National politicians are watching carefully.

Soon, Kano — a quiet, stone-cold killer with little worldly experience but a steely attitude — sets men's hearts aflame throughout the unit, sparking deadly rivalries among his cohorts and rattling his commanders, notably the cunning and tautly controlled Toshi (Takeshi Kitano).

Undermined by deadly rivalries and by federal investigations, the family was shunned by the other New York Mafia families as a fractious, unreliable partner.

★ GEMINI 21 May-20 Jun Key partnerships (and even deadly rivalries) are up for renegotiation over the next couple of weeks, with war hatchets buried ready for the season of goodwill.

But Lebovich said talk of deadly rivalries between the two appeared to be overblown.