Sentence examples for competitor off from inspiring English sources

Shoving a competitor off a ramp or a climbing wall is encouraged.

(It is also a rarity in New York City because of the prevailing local belief that it is considered bad taste to challenge the petitions of another candidate, a method widely used elsewhere to knock a competitor off the ballot).

One incumbent, City Councilman Angel Rodriguez, knocked his only primary competitor off the ballot, then had the nerve to ask for campaign matching funds that go to candidates in competitive races.

And let's not mention a failed attempt to take MyFamilyClub, the parenting finance community and Mumsnet competitor, off the hands of media giant DC Thomson.

(And let's not forget a failed attempt to take MyFamilyClub, the parenting finance community and Mumsnet competitor, off the hands of media giant DC Thomson . Adeal that went right to the wire before ultimately being aborted).

Back when Apple was an underdog, it had an easier time shrouding its product announcements in mystery and perhaps catching its competitors off guard.

Instead, the group plans to restate a series of principles that big operators have long espoused to keep those competitors off any new networks they might build.

As John Sercombe, the course clerk, set the competitors off for the 1.5-mile race, the buzz in the air grew with cheers and whoops.

The European Commission is suing the German government, which owns 31percentt of Deutsche Telekom, for keeping competitors off Deutsche Telekom's new broadband network.

One was Subaru, and the others were the South Korean tag team of Kia and Hyundai, whose specialty is tailored for hard times: cutting competitors off at the knees with lower prices and long warranties.

The plaintiffs, who first filed the suit in January 2005, asked for a minimum of $350m and alleged that Apple used software updates to keep songs sold by competitors off the devices.