Sentence examples for cutthroat rivalry from inspiring English sources

Beneath the plot's outermost shell — the cutthroat rivalry between Patty Hewes and her young apprentice Ellen Parsons (played by Rose Byrne) — were mysteries within mysteries: Would Patty prevail in a class-action suit against the corporate titan Arthur Frobisher (a menacing, silver-maned Ted Danson)?

The jockeying for position and cutthroat rivalries in the luxury industry were further illustrated Tuesday, when Hermès, an independent luxury company, disclosed that it was taking its battle over stockholdings by LVMH to the French courts.

The theory of strategic management in economics describes this type of rivalry as cutthroat competition (Scherer 1980), in which both parties are dragged into negative positions; another example is the prisoner's dilemma.

In the days of yore, salespeople were known for their Darwinian-like rivalry, with reps engaging in cutthroat competition to optimize commissions and meet/exceed quotas.

Nor is this cutthroat competition limited to prestidigitation: engineering "wizards" Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison engaged in a rivalry over electrical current, which appears in the film in parallel to Borden and Angier's competition for magical supremacy.

More cutthroat competition.

Prices are dropping amid cutthroat competition.

The New York City nightlife scene is often depicted as a cutthroat world of intense competition and bitter rivalries.

Competition is cutthroat in our global society.

Price competition is cutthroat.

In this way, competition is less cutthroat.