Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote about this in her two thousand five book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln."

VOA: special.2009.02.09

They start getting into the Mediterranean and that scares the hell out of their commercial rivals.

他们开始进入了地中海地区,而这一举动把他们的竞争对手也吓得够呛

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

The Yankees' cross-town rivals, the New York Mets, also opened a new ballpark in 2009, the $900 million Citi Field.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

The prime minister at the time, Mari Alkatiri,blames political rivals for the violence and trying to replace the elected government.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Robow is reported to be in favor of engaging in talks with al-Shabab rivals and maintaining a popular backing for the militant group.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

U.S.oil companies account for half of the daily production in Angola, which now rivals Nigeria for the title of Africa's largest producer of oil.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

"A clash of Arab civilizations; clashes between Arab regimes and their own people, the regimes and their domestic rivals and insurgencies,clashes between Arab regimes themselves."

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Eyewitnesses say most of the residents have fled, fearing more violence between the Islamist rivals.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

Health officials in New York say the maternal mortality rate in the United States itself rivals that of poorer developed countries like Singapore and Ireland.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

Clegg's Liberal Democrats want to phase out Britain's own nuclear weapons, but his rivals, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown,say this would send the wrong message to Tehran.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Meanwhile,Mr.Maliki's rivals say the election process has been tainted by fraud.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

In their national sport of ice hockey, the Canadian men won a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory for the gold medal over their rivals and neighbors to the south, the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

President Obama's domestic political rivals echoed the criticism.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09