Sentence examples for rival disputed from inspiring English sources

Before Mr Amaechi's PDP suspension, he had been re-elected as chairman of the governor's forum, but a rival disputed the outcome, declared himself chairman and the body remains split.

But executives of the rivals disputed Mr. Gallagher's view.

Lenin's Russian-Marxist rivals disputed these points, but his manipulation of the vote at a party congress enabled him to label them the Menshevik, or "minority," faction.

Bergeron and Beach became friendly rivals, disputing (among other things) the credit for inventing the Mai-Tai.

Iran has been plunged into turmoil since Friday when the government declared that Ahmadinejad had won, a claim his rivals immediately disputed.

On the Iraq war, some of his rivals have disputed his claim to have been opposed from the outset, but a friend of his confirms to me categorically that this was his position in 2003.

But many industry analysts and executives at rival carriers dispute that.

The killers were from a rival tribe disputing access to nearby water and pasture.The violence continued in Iraq.

In a flurry of briefings and white papers, Mr. Romney's staff has repeatedly argued that it is all but statistically impossible for anyone but Mr. Romney to collect enough delegates to win the nomination (a claim his rivals dispute).

Adelson has also retained a GOP polling firm, the Tarrance Group, which this month produced a survey showing that about seven in 10 voters have negative feelings about Internet gambling — a finding that Adelson's rivals dispute.

Kirkuk is often described as the "Jerusalem of Iraq," because of rival claims and disputed histories.