| 2026-08-12 | Measure up to, as in competition |
| 2025-07-12 | Sooner, to a Longhorn |
| 2024-11-25 | Harvard, to Yale |
| 2024-06-26 | Competitor |
| 2023-11-21 | Coke, to Pepsi |
| 2022-07-15 | Be as good as |
| 2021-12-27 | Archcompetitor |
| 2021-11-29 | Archcompetitor |
| 2021-04-04 | Compete with |
| 2021-03-24 | Compete with |
| 2020-06-30 | Archcompetitor |
| 2019-12-01 | Competitor |
| 2019-09-04 | A Hatfield vis-à-vis a McCoy |
| 2018-12-09 | Real Madrid vis-à-vis F.C. Barcelona |
| 2018-10-13 | #2, to #1 |
| 2018-01-25 | Hamilton, to Burr |
| 2017-04-09 | Opposite corner in a romantic triangle |
| 2016-09-09 | Navratilova, to 45-Across, e.g. |
| 2016-08-21 | Fischer, to Spassky, e.g. |
| 2015-10-25 | Coke, to Pepsi |
| 2014-12-10 | One in a love triangle, maybe |
| 2014-11-01 | Match |
| 2014-10-12 | Lakers, to Celtics, e.g. |
| 2011-01-19 | Coke, to Pepsi |
| 2010-05-23 | Nearby school, maybe |
| 2009-05-31 | Foe |
| 2008-01-15 | Pepsi vis-à-vis Coke |
| 2007-12-13 | Adversary |
| 2005-11-30 | Ken-L Ration competitor |
| 2005-11-04 | Try to beat |
| 2002-12-28 | Another suitor |
| 2002-03-10 | Compete with |
| 2002-01-24 | Play against |
| 2002-01-16 | Paris, to Romeo |
| 1999-12-28 | Letterman, to Leno |
| 1999-11-15 | Coke vis-à-vis Pepsi |
| 1997-07-26 | Competing |
| 1996-12-17 | Burger King, to McDonald's |
| 1995-11-15 | Competitor |
| 1995-03-18 | Oppose |
| 1994-09-11 | Contend with |