The phrase "a few rivals" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small number of competitors in a particular context, such as business, sports, or any competitive field.
Example: "In the market, we have a few rivals that we need to keep an eye on to maintain our competitive edge."
Alternatives: "several competitors" or "a handful of opponents".
The Citizens United decision has only a few rivals as the most significant one of the Roberts court.
Michael Schumacher had a few rivals but it was Fernando Alonso who came along at the end to finish his kingdom.
The idea seems to be that co-operating with a few rivals who share many of the same customers will give those customers enough variety to dissuade them from going to other competitors' sites.All this activity may be less revolutionary than it appears, however.
In later life, he sometimes boasted that in 1915 he had been a gold prospector in the Klondike and had shot up quite a few rivals who tried to jump his claim, but no record confirms this reminiscence, and such acts of violence would seem rather alien to his normally mild disposition.
He allows a few rivals to give speeches early in the gathering, but prime time is reserved for a speech by his aide Beelzebub, who straddles the hawk-dove divide by proposing a coalition-building compromise: send someone to the newly created creatures on earth to "seduce them to our party". But who will undertake the "dreadful voyage" to reach these swing voters?
He allows a few rivals to give speeches early in the gathering, but prime time is reserved for a speech by his aide Beelzebub, who straddles the hawk-dove divide by proposing a coalition-building compromise: send someone to the newly created creatures on earth to "seduce them to our party".
Mr. Johnson's detractors also include a few rival spokesmen on the Hill, who have taken to calling him "Congressman Johnson" for his high public profile.
"I reassured him that we can fulfil his ambitions," said Bruce with undue confidence while explaining why he, and a few rival managers, should court a bothersome player at all.
In light of the proposed merger and the efforts by regulators to mandate that Time Warner's cable system be opened to at least a few rival users, questions have been raised whether such regulatory distinctions any longer make sense.
By Christmas Eve, he was back in Durban with a wonderful scoop (his own escape) and quickly found himself "a popular hero", though a few rival newspapers suggested that the Boers would have been entitled to execute him for muddling military and civilian roles.
