Sentence examples for off the rival from inspiring English sources

Clayton Kershaw pleaded with Manager Don Mattingly for one more inning, wanting nothing more than to finish off the rival San Francisco Giants.

Ms Oakeshott tipped off the rival publication at the request of Pryce who feared she would suffer a backlash from the tabloid if it was left out of the loop.

If the Timbers had a weakness it was a central defense bailed out by Johnson, Chara, and goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts on occasions, and one that was more than good enough to see off the rival Seattle Sounders attack in a blustery conference semi-final series, but which was found out by the rather more polished diamond midfield counters of Salt Lake in the Western final.

But AFC has opted to retreat to its core franchising efforts and let Starbucks kill off the rival.

It also has slashed some prices and set plans to link some programs to Linux, even while trying to kill off the rival by telling customers it is risky, unreliable and a dubious bargain.

The Lakers, who closed the game on an 11-0 run, had a 105-104 leafterter Marshall's big shot, with rookie Ryan Kelly hitting a pair of free throws with 9.4 seconds left to finish off the rival Celtics.

"I want a strong Massa who will shave points off the rivals.

With the different dimensions of sustainability being mutually dependent, from our point of view the most important challenge is to decide which solution is the best trade-off between the rivaling or synergetic dimensions in each individual situation.

Its jeans were being squeezed off the shelves by rival brands.

GDP growth picks up as a result, unemployment falls and the ANC sees off the challenge from rival parties.

The Buckingham MP led the voting throughout, and beat off the challenge of rival Sir George Young in a dramatic head-to-head.