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Meanings of serious rivals in English

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Usage of serious rivals in English
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His only serious rivals are the moral philosopher and the historian.
English literary criticism
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But I don't doubt the man has serious rivals in all of his businesses.
Murder most frothy
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Sounds like Belle & Sebastian have some serious rivals in the winsome indie-pop stakes.
The Irish Times
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They face more serious rivals on Friday in an eight from Lyon in France.
The Irish Times
5
Spain and Italy had ceased to be serious rivals.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
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By then only France had emerged as serious rivals, the rest of the nations largely also-rans.
The Irish Times
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But most of Mr Trump's serious rivals for the nomination stubbornly refused to drop out of the race.
News.com.au
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The chemists on the next floor were our only serious rivals, but we generally came out on top.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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Definitely of higher type than any of their neighbours, definitely more vigorous and acute, the Patagonians were without serious rivals.
Last and First Men
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And while Facebook has no serious rivals today, a popular new social network could appear on the horizon at any time.
Reuters
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Over the next two years, she effectively made it politically impossible for her serious rivals to offer Silicon Valley outright praise.
NY Magazine
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China's emergence on the world autos map now means its firms are treated as serious rivals, and potential bidders for top global brands.
Reuters
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