Rival and Stand

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Rival verb - To engage in a contest.

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Stand and rival are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stand" instead a verb "Rival".

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

Stand verb - To occupy a place or location.

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Rival and stand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rival" instead a verb "Stand".

Nearby Words: standing, stance, standee

good	good rival	good stand
original	original rival	original stand
popular	popular rival	popular stand
actual	actual rival	actual stand
Other adjectives: real, big, great, main, famous, new, political, former, final, official, last.

The two protagonists are obvious stand-ins for them, the villains are modeled after Cantrip's romantic rival and a judge Julia is having trouble with, and so on.

Source: Literature / Hilary Tamar
The episodes are fairly stand-alone for the first part of the series; it isn't until Might's rival, Joe, shows up that there is really any connecting thread between the episodes.

Source: Anime / The Brave Express Might Gaine
More recently, Guthix the God of Balance was assassinated by a rogue Mahjarrat and Bandos the War God was killed after a lengthy stand-off against a rival.

Source: Kill the God

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