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In baseball, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are archrivals.
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Israel and Iran have been archrivals in the Mideast for decades.
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Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
The 25 top pro-housing metros are all either in the Sun Belt — particularly Texas, California’s archrival — or in the mountain states such as Utah and Idaho.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2025
Pre-election surveys suggested Lee Jae-myung, Yoon’s liberal archrival, appeared poised to coast to victory due to public frustration over the conservatives in the wake of Yoon’s martial law decree.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
Pre-election surveys suggested Yoon's liberal archrival, Lee Jae-myung, appeared headed for an easy win, riding on deep public frustration over the conservatives in the wake of Yoon's martial law debacle.
—Arkansas Online, 3 June 2025
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Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
The 25 top pro-housing metros are all either in the Sun Belt — particularly Texas, California’s archrival — or in the mountain states such as Utah and Idaho.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2025
Pre-election surveys suggested Lee Jae-myung, Yoon’s liberal archrival, appeared poised to coast to victory due to public frustration over the conservatives in the wake of Yoon’s martial law decree.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
Pre-election surveys suggested Yoon's liberal archrival, Lee Jae-myung, appeared headed for an easy win, riding on deep public frustration over the conservatives in the wake of Yoon's martial law debacle.
—Arkansas Online, 3 June 2025
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“Archrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archrival. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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archrival
noun
arch·ri·val
(ˌ)ärch-ˈrī-vəl 
: a principal rival
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