1. It never pays to go toe-to-toe with a gorilla like a major multinational company that dominates a market already.

2. I have stood on the stage and gone toe-to-toe with him in 22 debates. I have had a front row seat to his candidacy, and I have seen his strength and determination, his grace and his grit.

3. 'I wanted a partnership, someone who could stand toe-to-toe with me and push back, ' he says.

4. Nikon and rival ASML Holding NV are going toe-to-toe in lithography, but the two the companies have markedly different strategies.

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5. "I think she'd be unabashed about going toe-to-toe with Roberts—including in cases where other justices maybe wouldn't or couldn't, " said Harry Litman, a former U.

6. Such services could go toe-to-toe with cable and satellite operators.

7. But before hurting his leg, he was standing toe-to-toe with the other best strikers in the Premier League.

8. "If Hatton stands toe-to-toe with us, we'll knock him out, " said Roach.

9. He is nevertheless expected to be able to go toe-to-toe with Lampard on Sunday afternoon when Liverpool entertain Chelsea at Anfield.

10. The KLA wanted independence and believed it could actually go toe-to-toe with the Serbian army.

11. China's heft was also clearly on display in December when Chinese and American diplomats went toe-to-toe over the fate of 20 Uighur Chinese who had fled to Cambodia and were seeking asylum.

12. I'm not saying that Uncle Sam can kick back on a lawn chair, sipping on an iced tea, because I haven't come across anyone who's man enough to go toe-to-toe with me on my best day.

13. Japan and Deutschland are global drivers of industrial innovation and can go toe-to-toe with each other in this sphere.

14. In what is probably one of the most enjoyable boxing scenes in cinema history, Ivan Drago and Rocky Balboa go toe-to-toe for several rounds.

15. A swashbuckler who uses agility and guile to stand toe-to-toe with enemies.

16. In just ten years, a small emerging market has transformed into a geopolitical bruiser that can go toe-to-toe with Ben Bernanke.

17. There is one cranky day this month I want to point out. Mars will oppose Pluto on August 26, a day when you may find yourself toe-to-toe opposite someone very dogmatic and argumentative.

18. Most of the Dream's other features are expected to go toe-to-toe with the iPhone, including built-in GPS, a tilt sensor for gaming, and a camera.