A scramble for patents had already begun.

对专利权的争夺已经开始了。

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We have seen a scramble for Africa before.

我们以前也看到过争夺非洲。

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There is a scramble for these newly-uncovered resources. There is a new Arctic oil rush.

现在他们争相夺取这些新发现的能源，争相开采北极的石油。

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"This is why there is a real scramble for leadership and there is a real power struggle, which is reflected in the deadlock in the election in parliament."

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That has prompted a scramble for Asian securities, revealing another large shift to have taken place over the past decade.

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The result was a scramble for talent approaching the infamous bicycle messenger shortage once created by Dot-Bombs UrbanFetch and Kozmo.

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Banks' profitability is sinking, partly because lending margins are being squeezed by a scramble for deposits as a source of stable funding.

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