Sentence examples for entrenched rivalry from inspiring English sources

One of the crucial questions in the months ahead is whether the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission can overcome an entrenched rivalry and jointly develop rules governing over-the-counter derivatives.

Yet it was Sunday night's game between Orlando City and New York City FC that provided the most compelling narrative despite no entrenched rivalry between the two East coast clubs.

There have been some flashes of tension in and out of the pool this time, but there are, as yet, no well-entrenched rivalries in major team sports to carry the narrative in earnest and few high-profile rubbing points in individual sports, either.

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Which prevails — new loyalties born of revolution, or old rivalries entrenched in smaller identities — may decide the fate of Syria's four-month revolt.

The Dayton Agreement, or as Bosnians call it, the Dayton Disagreement, left the fragmented Balkans entrenched in ethnic rivalries.

Eight years of unresolved political rivalry has entrenched mistrust, misunderstanding and outright hatred on both sides.

Although used as a "successful brand", Greater Manchester's politics have been characterised by "entrenched localism and related rivalries", historically resistant to regionalism.

Religious extremism, violent criminal groups and a dizzyingly fragmented ethnic rivalry are all entrenched.

And both Congress and administration are watched over by think-tanks and university faculties, any of which may sway policy by catching the ear of key officials.This tradition of rivalry is so entrenched in Washington that two blue-ribbon studies of the intelligence world have recently defended its output of overlapping analyses.

The rivalry is deeply entrenched in the counties' cultures, Hadgraft says, drawing a comparison to battles staged 2,000 years ago.