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Use in Literature

Rivaling

She was one of the most charming and captivating actresses in Paris, rivaling Mme. Perrin and Mlle.–Honoré de Balzac in A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (tr Ellen Marriage).

This Society is modelled a little too much after the Institute, and it is easy to see that the former aims at rivaling the latter.–Francis W. Blagdon in Paris As It Was and As It Is (A Sketch Of The French Capital, Illustrative of the Effects of the Revolution), vols 1,2.

I have seldom known two of these birds to be singing at the same time in the same locality, rivaling each other, like the wood thrush or the veery.–John Burroughs in Wake-Robin.

Their power to appreciate steadily increases. Only a few gifted adolescents about this age begin a to develop a new zest in production, rivaling that of the period from five to ten, when their satisfaction is again chiefly in creation.–G. Stanley Hall in Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene.

The second young lady had also a personal didactic gift, rivaling, and even surpassing in some respects, that of the star; and was very rowdy indeed.–William Dean Howells in Suburban Sketches.

That was Grace, I mean Grace Brierly, daughter of the squire, Rivaling the wheelwright Hungerford's shy Ruth For beauty.–George Parsons Lathrop in Rose and Roof-Tree.

For a woman, this dream indicates that she has a wary woman rivaling her in the affections of her lover.–Gustavus Hindman Miller in 10,000 Dreams Interpreted.

Nonfiction Usage

Journalism Usage

Cold War - News: May 1, 2004 — Headline: EU Welcomes 10 New Members. Excerpt: What started in 1950 as a six-member trade and economic bloc now spans the European continent from the Atlantic in the west to the Russian border in the east, with a population of 450 million people and economic output rivaling that of the United States.

Ethiopia - News: April 12, 2005 — Headline: Ethiopia Angry Over Postponement of Axum Obelisk's Return. Author: Alisha Ryu. Excerpt: At the time, Axum was the capital of a mighty kingdom, rivaling Rome, China, and Persia in wealth and prestige.

European Union - News: November 30, 2003 — Headline: No Need for Another Organization to Compete With NATO, says Rumsfeld. Excerpt: Washington has worried that such an arrangement would needlessly duplicate resources, and create an entity rivaling NATO.

Ghana - News: June 24, 2004 — Headline: WHO Alarmed over Africa's High Rate of Road Deaths. Excerpt: A regional adviser with the WHO, Olive Kobusingye says if current trends continue, road fatalities will be one of the top three causes of death in developing countries by the year 2020, rivaling AIDS and other diseases.

• Preface iv
• Use in Literature 1
• Rivaling 1
• Nonfiction Usage 2
• Journalism Usage 2
• Governmental Usage 2
• Patent Usage 3
• Bibliographic Usage 3
• Encyclopedic Usage 4
• Lexicographic Usage 6
• Index 13