Sentence examples for a potent rival from inspiring English sources

In 1978 Heathcliff gained a potent rival, when United Feature Syndicate began distributing the Garfield strip by Jim Davis - another former advertising artist.

Tencent is a potent rival, says Marbridge's Mr Natkin, because other businesses such as gaming give it a lot of cash.

In some respects, the token-ring approach was a better way of networking than Ethernet, and IBM's backing made it a potent rival.

Merrill hopes that Holdrs will prove to be a potent rival to mutual funds, unit investment trusts and exchange-traded funds, or E.T.F.'s, like the Diamonds that track the Dow Jones industrials.

Add to that the national chip on the shoulder about living where they do, about failing always to live up to the high European ideal they set themselves, and you have a potent rival before you.

Many Democrats say that part of what makes Mr. Edwards such a potent rival to Mrs. Clinton is that he is a fresh face who is likely to stick around for a long time.

Even so, voters said they considered Mr. Bush more of a leader -- and a more potent rival against the Democrats in November.

In one recent headline-grabbing study, high doses of Lipitor proved to be far better at preventing heart attacks than a less potent rival drug, Pravachol.

But it has also entrenched Boris Johnson as the PM's most potent rival, with a base from which he can launch a future challenge.

The combination of Asian capital with Australian expertise in listing and financing miners creates a potent new rival.

The loss is a blow to Microsoft, which had sought AOL as a partner in its advertising venture to undercut Google, its potent rival.