Sentence examples for tense rivalry from inspiring English sources

A1 A Tense Rivalry at CBS David Letterman is one of the most challenging stars in television to deal with.

In March of 1996, Bratton was pushed out by Giuliani — owing partly to a tense rivalry over sharing crime-fighting credit — and Giuliani named Howard Safir, the fire commissioner, as Bratton's replacement.

Rondo was injured in the playoffs two years ago after getting tangled up with Wade and landing awkwardly on his arm, part of what's become a tense rivalry between the Celtics and Heat.

Gadelha took the first round in the tense rivalry with two takedowns and some damage with punches, pressuring Jedrzejczyk to the cage, hitting her some more.

Bahrain's ruling family and its main regional backer, Saudi Arabia, have positioned the small kingdom at the epicenter of a tense rivalry with Iran.

Internal struggle was not only to be found between the Khalqist and Parchamites; tense rivalry between Taraki and Amin had begun in the Khalq faction with both vying for control.

William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, remembers the tense rivalries between his staff when he worked for Vice President Dan Quayle, and the aides to the elder President Bush.

ATLANTA — At the bloody heart of "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County," the Southern gothic musical by Stephen King and John Mellencamp, is a tense sibling rivalry between a novelist with a dark streak and a blue-jeans-wearing crooner.

It's a taste of the brothers David and Stephen Dewaele's soundtrack for the forthcoming film Belgica, helmed by Oscar-nominated director Felix Van Groeningen, for which they have created sixteen unique, fictional bands to tell the story of two brothers who open up a successful bar, and the tense fraternal rivalry that ensues.

Navigating this tense balance between rivalry and restraint is going to be the dominant challenge for American leadership in the years to come.

The rivalry got tense, notably when Bill Clinton questioned Obama's experience, compared his campaign to the ones waged by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and declared, "This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen".