How to Use archrival in a Sentence
archrival
noun-
If a man’s archrival will miss him that much, how should the rest of us feel?
— Andrew Das James Hill, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022 -
Maddie Rooney made 29 saves for the win against their archrival.
— Teresa M. Walker, Houston Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2018 -
So, where does all this put the new Raptor compared to its archrival?
— Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2021 -
The two archrivals shook hands and reconciled this month.
— Jina Moore, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2018 -
Travis is back in the lineup, and the Shamrocks seem eager for a rematch with their archrival.
— J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 12 Oct. 2022 -
It’s less than a dozen miles from the global headquarters of Nike, its archrival.
— Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com, 14 Sep. 2017 -
Finland erased a three-goal deficit to beat Sweden 4-3 in overtime and move ahead of its archrival in the standings.
— Stephen Whyno, chicagotribune.com, 13 Feb. 2022 -
At the same time, the car often described as the Accord's archrival, the Toyota Camry, is up 13.7 percent for the year.
— Mark Phelan, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018 -
Al-Moallem said Israel is making false claims to try and pressure Iran, its archrival.
— Washington Post, 2 June 2018 -
Streaming, though, may be departing the role of archrival.
— Jake Coyle, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2023 -
The archrivals don't have any remaining head-to-head games scheduled, and the Yankees won the season series 11–8.
— Jay Jaffe, SI.com, 11 Sep. 2017 -
That distinction belongs — barely — to Green Bay's archrival to the south.
— Joe Taschler, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022 -
But what if the nightmare scenario comes true and Contreras winds up signing with the Cubs’ archrival?
— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022 -
The Reds captured a 2-0 home win over archrivals Everton on Monday to put an end to a four-match winless run.
— Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023 -
Joe Haden has agreed to terms on a three-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland's archrival, according to profootballtalk.com.
— Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 30 Aug. 2017 -
To this day, my biggest thrill in sports was scoring the winning goal against our high school archrival Walpole in a 1-0 victory.
— Bill Dow, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2020 -
The Wolfpack would love to add to their archrival’s troubles, though North Carolina State has issues of its own.
— Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2020 -
The prospect of James playing for the Lakers while owning part of their archrival would also be untenable.
— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 July 2024 -
For the first time since 2012, the country’s richest club Bayern Munich looks set to lose out to archrival Borussia Dortmund.
— David Hellier, Bloomberg.com, 26 May 2023 -
Then Donald pulled on a curly black wig to pose as his archrival McIlroy, a perennial media darling with the gift of gab.
— Harry Hurt, Town & Country, 8 Apr. 2014 -
The archrivals each had been undefeated heading into the game – sorry, The Game.
— John Affleck, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023 -
Both soon established themselves as the Mustang’s archrivals, on the street and in motorsport.
— Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024 -
Callaghan’s first official game as coach of the United States will be against his archrival, Mexico.
— Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 1 June 2023 -
But this is their first time facing a division opponent – the team’s archrival – and the head coach will rally the team for what should be its best effort to date.
— Steve Silverman, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 -
The kind of day when those two shutout losses to the Dodgers over the weekend fade from memory, and the buzz from the two earlier 1-0 victories over the archrival are viewed as the true sign of things to come.
— Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2018 -
What to know: Tennessee looks to reverse a whole lot of recent history and all but eliminate its archrival from the SEC race in the process.
— USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2022 -
Notre Dame beat all-time archrival Assumption for the first time in the state tournament since 1994, and only the second time in school history in a best-of-five match.
— James Weber, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2022 -
The host Explorers advanced Monday with a 2-1 triumph over archrival and No.
— Rick O'Brien, Philly.com, 21 May 2018 -
The Louisville guards talked about their embarrassment after a 90-61 rout at the hands of archrival Kentucky earlier that day.
— Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 3 Jan. 2018 -
The only country in the region that has not received India’s vaccine is its archrival, Pakistan, to which China pledged 1.2 million doses.
— Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2021
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