They're rivals.

Tom and Mary are rivals.

Tom and I are rivals.

Putin and Medvedev Teammates or Rivals?

Did you keep an eye on how your competitors were performing?

India s strategic rivals, China and Pakistan, began to court the Burmese generals.

In a global competition, a superpower s competitors are bound to exploit its weaknesses.

They're no competition our team can beat them hands down.

Such pressure is magnified when rivals and neighbors are perceived to have any kind of strategic advantage.

To score a Shanghai you have to hit a triple, a double and single (in any order) of the number that is in play.

His political rivals are gaining new positions of power, and the population is increasingly unhappy with the economy s continuing decline.

The no hitter was shut down following a walk off loss, but it sure was quality pitching.

India s rivals were gaining ground in its own backyard, while Indian businesses were losing out on new economic opportunities.

Hampshire has several association football teams, including Premier League side Southampton F.C., League Two side Portsmouth F.C.

Xi is confident that China can understand and satisfy many of Modi s needs better than regional rivals like Japan.

A little more than 10 days ago, the rivals played against each other in the Russia Cup, this time, however, the look of the game was decidedly different.

I painted a whole picture of the animal kingdom, and humanity included, was that deep down we are competitors, we are aggressive, we're all out for our own profit basically.

Moreover, Muslim politicians gain popularity by siding with Islamic conservatives while their Christian rivals score political points by complaining about Sharia's extreme aspects.

When tasked with managing territories and governing populations, these movements begin to face the same bothersome logistical and organizational constraints as their rivals.

We should not be envious of seeing leaders attacking each other, what we should be envious of is that after all the attacks, those defeated are still alive.

Both the dominant Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its secular rivals remain publicly committed to pursuing EU membership, but in practice doubts have emerged.

Taking advantage of widespread opposition to amnesty for FARC leaders a concession that would be an essential component of any deal Santos s rivals transformed the first round of the election into a referendum on the negotiations.

Both Ghani, who identifies as an ethnic Pashtun, and his erstwhile rivals for the presidency, took steps to build ethnically diverse coalitions in the run up to the vote earlier this year.

Even more starkly unbalanced political landscapes can be found in France and Italy, where neither President Chirac nor Prime Minister Berlusconi need fear their challengers indeed neither has a challenger to speak of.

First, a political transition is expected in 2012, and, in a period of rising nationalism, no Chinese leader wants to look softer than his rivals.

Men wrestled with men, horses wrestled with horses, and goat carcasses were slung around with a vengeance in an ancient game of polo still played across remote Eurasian locales, ranging from Afghanistan to parts of Siberia.

Not all Americans are enthused about President Bush's rapid conversion of trillion dollar surpluses into deficits, nor does a majority embrace his proposals to privatize America's social security system, which has done so much to eliminate poverty among America's elderly. On key issues within Brazil, however, a broad political consensus (not unanimity, but no one should expect that!) exists, and this includes all the major contenders in Brazil's forthcoming presidential election in October.

On key issues within Brazil, however, a broad political consensus (not unanimity, but no one should expect that!) exists, and this includes all the major contenders in Brazil's forthcoming presidential election in October.