Before the competitor begins crossing, she must hit a button to begin the 15-second timer.

The company developed its version of the toaster pastry after a competitor began marketing something similar in the early 1960's.

And foreign competitors, aroused by the American industry's mounting success, have begun sniffing about.

This project has been kept highly secret for several years, but peers and competitors of Marc begin to get suspicious.

As time goes on, competitors continually begin to give up.

We were swamped with customers almost immediately, and competitors began to spring up.

The company will also set up a website so competitors in the server market can begin the licensing process.

By 1983, competitors began overextending themselves to get strong programming.

The Board's first competitor actually began operation before the first tram ran.

As he drove the price past the opening $39 million bid to $65 million, his competitors began dropping away.