Sentence examples for is rival to from inspiring English sources

The biggest source of regular income in Gaza is the Palestinian Authority, which is based in the West Bank and dominated by Fatah, the movement that is rival to Hamas.

Another novel about capitalism run rampant in which Cincinnati may serve as an encrypted setting is Richard Powers's Gain (1998), in which Clare & Co. is rival to (and based on) Procter & Gamble, the consumer-products behemoth that started as a soap company making use of Porkopolis's plentiful byproducts.

According to GameSpot, it was rumored that original Street Fighter character Geki was her father, but this was never confirmed as canon (according to Street Fighter Legends, Geki is a name of the clan that is rival to Ibuki's).

There were rivals to his large and powerful Khugiani tribe in Nangarhar Province, and rivals within the tribe.

Some were Protestant missionaries who were rivals to Belgian Catholics in the region.

They were members, I would learn, of a gang who were rivals to the majority of the boys gathered there.

Both of those are rivals to Congress among the rural population of the Indus-Ganges plaits its heartland.

At the start of the investigation, Mr. Cuomo and Mr. Paterson, both Democrats, were expected to be rivals to run for governor.

They are nominally answerable to the civil services' heads of departments – the Permanent Secretaries – but, in reality, they are rivals to them and their teams.

Sadly, the Communists put local interests first (they are rivals to Congress in two key states), and so chose to stay out.

The Hammers are rivals to QPR in a £6.5m bid for the 29-year-old Marseille player.