The press release is full of taunting one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Speech's Tie-In With NFL:] Reference
And right now, there's some one-upmanship going on here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2008] Reference
Again, it's just -- it's just a bunch of political one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2006] Reference
How do we know this relentless one-upmanship is a biological endowment?. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Of A Man: Why We Strive For Status] Reference
What drove the frantic one-upmanship was greed -- but what drove the greed?. From Wordnik.com. [Sharon Meers: Boys Gone Wild: The Mine's Bigger Than Yours Market] Reference
But I was more interested in this ceremony than I was in vampire one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [All Together Dead]
But now, even that money-saving hobby has become a game of economic one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Microsoft CTO Publishes $625 Cookbook] Reference
In short her little one-upmanship with Obama shows just how much of a danger she is. From Wordnik.com. [Dueling Memos: Hillary And Obama Camps Club Each Other] Reference
Who really cares about this feature one-upmanship among the Twitter third party apps?. From Wordnik.com. [Seesmic Web One-Ups Brizzly With Lists AND Geolocation Support (Kind Of)] Reference
“I suppose,” Kate said in a desperate bid for one-upmanship, “you would know.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Fine and Bitter Snow]
It's on the streets of Atlanta, though, that the one-upmanship is reaching new heights. From Wordnik.com. [Soles Of Gold] Reference
"On that score, I thought there was a little bit of one-upmanship in that group," I said. From Wordnik.com. [The Magyar Venus]
Arrington relishes the rough-and-tumble of online feuds, comment wars, and one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [TechCrunch Blogger Michael Arrington Can Generate Buzz ... and Cash] Reference
Indeed, bar and bas mitzvahs have become for many a game of million-dollar one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Rancid Materialism Is Corrupting Our Community] Reference
My favorite example of one-upmanship among the plutocracy comes from 19th-century New York. From Wordnik.com. [In Praise Of Competitive Urges] Reference
What emerges is a funny stand-up routine entirely without pretense or cultural one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Hilarious Hazing: Rob Riggle's Stand-Up] Reference
Here now is CNN's Jeanne Moos and how she sees this latest round of endorsements one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2008] Reference
Providing an alternative to established players will always be met by aggressive one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [TechCrunch50: You Want Advertising? We’ll Give You Advertising] Reference
The way she is more concerned with one-upmanship than policy debate in her rhetoric. and um. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Camp: "Karl Rove Is Writing Senator Obama's Talking Points"] Reference
I spoke to the woman once, and I got the impression that she thrives on banter and one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Nowhere]
HAMMER: Katrina, is that really - you say one-upmanship and games - is that really what is going on?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2009] Reference
JOS.PH GUILIANO, U.S. BORDER PATROL: It's a constant situation of one-upmanship between us and them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2005] Reference
WOLF BLITZER, HOST: Happening now, a new round of one-upmanship between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2007] Reference
Instead, it sounds like an exercise in one-upmanship -- to see who can polish off the most books in a year. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob Heilbrunn: Bush's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind] Reference
HOWARD BRAGMAN, FOUNDER, FIFTEEN MINUTES PUBLIC RELATIONS: You know, it ` s sort of a twisted one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2008] Reference
Sort of a semantic one-upmanship, the latest word for it evidently drawing the hottest heads and greatest glory. From Wordnik.com. [The Luxembourg Run]
He thrived on one-upmanship and didn't mind trying to embarrass the less-quick-witted or anyone who challenged him. From Wordnik.com. [ENRON'S DIRTY LAUNDRY] Reference
It was just because he, you know, loved music so much and enjoyed that culture of, like, records and one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Dr. Ragtime: Guitarist Jack Rose] Reference
Some might claim cities are engaging in one-upmanship with such resolutions, but they can have significant influence. From Wordnik.com. [Wesley Epplin: Chicago's Green Food Resolution Advances] Reference
For many decades, anthropologists judged potlatch to be either economically irrationality or aggressive one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Nancy Scola: Debt and Development, Presidential-Style] Reference
Obama bridled at the sometimes mindless rituals and one-upmanship of a national political campaign in the age of cable news. From Wordnik.com. [How He Did It] Reference
He knew what she was up to, playing a one-upmanship end-game, and if nothing else, he was determined to get in the last word. From Wordnik.com. [The Playboy Boss's Chosen Bride]
Some observers suggest the one-upmanship among agencies may soon die down now that Spitzer is running for governor of New York in 2006. From Wordnik.com. [REGULATORS MUSCLE UP] Reference
And so, in a little bit of good natured one-upmanship, I, you know, off the top of my head, I was like sure, I'll hang by a helicopter. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2002] Reference
The scene where Susan meets local busybody Lynda Snell while shopping for ingredients was a masterfully observed piece of one-upmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Rewind radio: The Chris Moyles Show; The Archers; The Late Show] Reference
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