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Definition of Rivalries
1. rivalry [n] - See also: rivalry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rivalries
Literary usage of Rivalries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medieval and Modern Times: An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson (1916)
"MATTERS OF DISPUTE : NATIONAL rivalries 155- The exact causes of the Great ...
Now we must see how these rivalries — which for almost fifty years had ..."
2. Henry Irving's Impressions of America by Joseph Hatton (1884)
"rivalries of American Cities — Boston and Philadelphia — The Real and the ... I.
" THE rivalries between American cities," said Irving, " seem to take a far ..."
3. The French in America During the War of Independence of the United States by Thomas Balch (1891)
"rivalries of France, Spain and England at the time of the discovery of ...
Their rivalries were maintained with changing fortunes, down to the moment when ..."
4. China, Captive Or Free?: A Study of China's Entanglements by Gilbert Reid (1921)
""Economic rivalries and hostilities," as much as "special alliances," as President
Wilson has pointed out, have been the source of all wars;,they had to do ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"He effected a temporary agreement with the Eastern Church ; and he sought to put
an end to the abuses and rivalries which now almost invariably accompanied ..."
6. China, Captive Or Free?: A Study of China's Entanglements by Gilbert Reid (1921)
""Economic rivalries and hostilities," as much as "special alliances," as President
Wilson has pointed out, have been the source of all wars ..."
7. Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles by John Henry Wigmore (1912)
"Harm caused to profitable social relations (ante, § 52) may be excused by the
necessities for free social rivalries, including the pursuit of a livelihood, ..."
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