Sentence examples for rival war from inspiring English sources

Maura Casey's observation on school lists in "Back to School: Lists That Rival 'War and Peace' " (Editorial Observer, Sept. 4) was perfect.

It might well be argued that if the 20 volumes of the Aubrey-Maturin cycle were to be telescoped into one book, it really would rival War and Peace as a supremely grand historical novel.

Re "Back to School: Lists That Rival 'War and Peace,'''' by Maura Casey (Editorial Observer, Sept. 4): Think of the weight of our children's backpacks as they haul so many school materials back and forth between home and school, unless the parents invest in duplicate caches of materials to keep at each end.

Read more: Europe and Russia are conducting massive rival war games.

All America hugged its radios to hear (and thus be part of) the Biscuit's immortal clash with arch-rival War Admiral in 1938.

Instead, as Mr. Madoff prepares to be sentenced in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Monday, they are rivals warring over who should get how much from the government-chartered agency that insures customers of failed brokerage firms.

She can be a great support in dealing with malicious gossip, fake friends, rivals, wars for popularity and so on.

From this point, national fitness movements took on more political than racial overtones, particularly as success in athletic competition was increasingly used to promote rival Cold War ideologies in the post-World War II era.

Attending a Memorial Day tribute here with Senator John McCain, a former Republican rival and war hero, Mr. Romney declared that "the world is not safe" and criticized President Obama without mentioning him by name for proposing cuts in military spending.

However, the success of the latest slice of celluloid light relief, Quo Vado?, can be measured by the ease with which it has booted its nearest rival, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, clean into orbit.

In aninterview with Eurogamer, Blizzard Entertainment also linked a drop in subscribers to the launch of a rival Star Wars-themed title.