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Discover LudwigThe phrase "internal rival" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a competitor or opposing force within the same organization or group.
Example: "The internal rival for the promotion created tension among the team members."
Alternatives: "in-house competitor" or "internal competitor"
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He is not constantly menaced by an internal rival in the way that Tony Blair was by Gordon Brown.
Nine days after Tillerson was dumped by tweet, Tillerson's bitter internal rival, the national-security adviser, H. R. McMaster, was also abruptly replaced.
It has also attracted public attention because it sets Mr. Blair at odds with his internal rival for influence over Britain's future, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.
Some speculated that Dixon had become frustrated with the company and that Rowe, a key internal rival, had overtaken him as a more likely future successor to Bolland.
The Random House Trade Group, along with its internal rival, Knopf, was one of the few publishers that combined literary prestige, financial resources and marketing power.
Only then came his other main goals, fighting crime and poverty.Mr Madrazo, as party chief, may also be able to fix its primaries to nobble his internal rival.
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But internal rivals came first.
Mr. Moynihan's internal rivals had troubles of their own.
Mr. van Hooydonk said designers were pleased to take over the design of camouflage from their internal rivals, the engineers.
He brought Peter Mandelson back into government, a manoeuvre that neutered his internal rivals and intimidated his external ones.
As we know, Entwistle beat his internal rivals and got the job, but it would appear he was even then unable to exert his authority over them.
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