Sentence examples for heightening rivalry from inspiring English sources

In 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajevo, the European powers blundered into war because of decisions they had made, and commitments they had taken on, during the years of heightening rivalry.

Analysts said the move heightened the rivalry between Nokia and Apple at the high end of the mobile phone business.

The Mets have 18 chances against the Phillies to avenge losing their division crown, and the addition of Santana figures to heighten the rivalry.

Now, Chrome heightens the rivalry and marks a shift for Google, which has strongly backed Firefox, the open-source browser that has gained about a fifth of the market against the dominant Internet Explorer.

AT&T and Verizon's plans to build next-generation wireless networks on the spectrum using a technology that will compete with WiMax, called Long Term Evolution or LTE, heightened the rivalry, say analysts.

The one-child policy has heightened competition.

And the close-to-home rivalry heightened the passion.

Declining support for the governing party has heightened the personal rivalry between Mr. Najib and Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition leader facing sodomy charges.

That rivalry was heightened Wednesday when Google released a set of tools to software programmers, which it calls Google Gears, that addresses what is perhaps the single most critical shortcoming of Web-based software.

But the sharp disagreement between the top-10 Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweights over Silva's positive performance-enhancing drug test last year has heightened an already tense rivalry as they prepare to fight Saturday in London at 1 p.m. Pacific time on UFC Fight Pass.

Indiscipline, heightened by personal rivalries, created a string of difficulties for the party and its leader.