Example Sentences

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The athletic competition is rivaling triathlons and obstacle races as the must-do event for weekend warriors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

Among those idled are generators in southern Wyoming’s Sierra Madre Range, where snowpack is rivaling the deepest on record, said Jonathan Bowler with the Savery-Little Snake River Water Conservancy District that monitors runoff.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023

From the rural far north of California to the Mexico border, pocked pavement is rivaling the wildflower “super bloom” and the re-emergence of Tulare Lake as this spring’s most talked-about remnant of its winter saturation.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

In many states, the cost of child care is rivaling public college tuition.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2021

"Maybe some one is rivaling you in a high diving stunt," said Helen, half playfully.

From Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank by Barnum, Vance