Sentence examples for fighting off rival from inspiring English sources

Crédit Agricole could find itself divided over the issue of Crédit Lyonnais at the very moment when it needs to be single-minded about fighting off rival bidders.

But once upon a time warriors like Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan led their forces thousands of miles overland across unknown topography, while fighting off rival armies.

In these agreements, the cartels allowed La Familia Michoacana to move drugs freely in their territories in exchange for their support in fighting off rival gangs like Los Zetas.

Why is Amgen fighting off competition from J&J?

But Plymouth had trouble in the 1980's, fighting off competition from American and Japanese rivals.

Fulham are poised to complete a £10m double transfer swoop for Heerenveen wingers Luciano Narsingh and Oussama Assaidi, fighting off competition from Dutch sides PSV Eindhoven and Ajax, Russian outfit Anzhi Makhachkala and Premier League rivals Everton and Newcastle.

But in recent years the private banks have increasingly found themselves fighting off encroachment by hungry rivals, including giants like UBS and Credit Suisse, as banks of all stripes have set their sights on high-net-worth individual clients with at least 1 million Swiss francs ($637,000) to invest.

Sen. Hillary Clinton has won the Democratic primary in Rhode Island, fighting off a late surge from rival Sen. Barack Obama.

Schering, the world's biggest manufacturer of oral contraceptives, has been fighting off a rare hostile takeover attempt from a rival German drug maker, Merck.

He solidified his power after fighting off a rival claimant to the throne in 1280, and he thereupon proceeded to consolidate the Mamlūk position in the Middle East.

She finished her routine fighting off tears.