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Also, the unwieldy bureaucracy couldn’t keep its loyalties straight, with the too-rapid turnover in rulers vying for Ashoka’s throne.
The drama inherent in concerto performance--valiant soloist vying with and defying the mass of the orchestra with his eloquence and virtuosity--is the very essence of the "Emperor ." One would think it requires an instrument that can challenge the orchestra in volume and power.
The Red Sox and Yankees are vying for the American League title.
The existence of many opposites suggests that proverbs perhaps once came in pairs, to be swopped in a sort of verbal wrestling, one vying with another or sometimes combining with it, the idealistic and the skeptical in balance: The man without children has a hole in his heart; the man with children has a heart like a sieve; Your family may chew you, but they will not swallow you .
Coke and Pepsi, Crest and Colgate, Bush and Gore--the more lackluster and indistinguishable the products, the more each category tends to generate a dominant duo vying to appeal to consumers in what is an essentially trivial decision.