Throughout the season he was virtually without any serious competitors.

A report before the election noted that he had no serious competitors in the race.

He wondered whether the human race had just encountered its first serious competitor.

Shortly before the auction, board members heard that there were some serious competitors for the building.

The tables where she and her husband play are for serious competitors.

Capitalism, in other words, has created the world as we know it and left behind all serious competitors.

But it did not attempt to block them from becoming serious competitors in the market.

From then on, the company was a serious competitor for the transatlantic trade.

But for those who are serious competitors, stopping is not an option.

Many think it will be the Newton's most serious competitor.