Glashuette was at the heart of a watchmaking industry that rivalled Switzerland's until Russian bombers destroyed its main workshops on the day World War Two ended in Europe.
In the Middle Ages the church rivalled kings and emperors.
The discovery of electric repulsion soon led to the introduction of a two-fluid theory that rivalled the one-fluid theory.
But in a narrower corporate sense, the meltdown rivalled that of the Banks.
That, in turn, was rivalled by Ashley's out-of-the-blue appointment of Keegan to replace Sam Allardyce, then the installation of Alan Shearer for eight games at the end of the 2008-09 season.
And cornflakes, once a cutting-edge food, will be rivalled by congee and dosas, sold in boxes by a global brand.
They rivalled one another in their appetites.
In the school the German language, to some extent, rivalled the Russian.
M. sur M. almost rivalled London and Berlin in this branch of commerce.
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