Sentence examples for rival land from inspiring English sources

It also takes a look at a lengthy dispute over rival land claims in Brazil which has turned violent, and examines the real questions behind the victory of Nicolás Maduro at Venezuela's presidential election on April 14th.

The community survived the Pennamite-Yankee Wars, fought (1769 84) between Pennsylvania and Connecticut settlers over rival land claims, and conflicts with the Tories and Iroquois Indians, which culminated in the slaughter of settlers in the Wyoming Massacre (July 3 , 1778 during the American Revolution.

Nobody will be more miserable than Celtic, though, their arch rivals landing the title.

Earlier this week O'Grady was reported to be furious after his rivals landed Madonna, who will appear on the show to plug her new children's book, the Kabbalah-inspired The Adventures of Abdi.

Tesco is the UK's undisputed supermarket heavyweight champion, but in recent years it has been looking flabby as its smaller rivals landed punch after punch on it, chipping away at its crown at home as it went off to contend in overseas markets.

Wrestlers and boxers sought the right moment, the instant of maximum opportunity, in which to throw a rival or land a winning jab.

But back in 2007, in There Will Be Blood, he turns his oil-man character's explanation of how he drained a rival's land of the black stuff into eardrum-busting art.

There is already a new phrase entering the media lexicon to define the practice of allowing a rival to land a scoop that you have known about for weeks: "Doing a Susan".

Like rival British Land, which joins the list this year, the property developer thrives on the U.K.'s soaring house prices.

(This was shortly after Reebok's rival Nike landed LeBron James and Freddy Adu).

There is value in occupying a space, if only to keep a rival from landing there.