Sentences with phrase «run for their money»

He gives me a run for my money, but if I'm going to be perfectly humble: I'm the best.

If Snap spawns something like the» PayPal mafia» — PayPal alumni have gone on to launch billion - dollar companies like Palantir, LinkedIn, and Yelp — the Los Angeles startup community could give Silicon Valley a run for its money.

Its amenities give five - star resorts a run for their money, with Finnish saunas, spa - like facilities and beautifully decorated rooms.

If the rumors are true, the nation's largest online retailer could give Square and PayPal a run for their money.

«We'll give them a run for their money,» Anderson responds.

Can Pessina give its biggest U.S. rival a run for its money — or has the master acquirer finally done one deal too many?

Meanwhile, the big publishing houses continued their march towards consolidation — most recently, Random House and Penguin announced a merger in October, and rumors have circulated over a potential HarperCollins - Simon & Schuster pairing — all in an effort to give Amazon (amzn) a run for its money.

It's giving cable, phone and satellite companies a run for their money.

The popularity of the traditional Asian shared dish, offering cost - conscious diners healthy, homegrown fare — slivers of meat and vegetables served in a broth — is giving McDonald's, Yum Brands and others a run for their money in China's $ 174 billion fast food market.

Fantastical gives Siri a run for her money when it comes to dictating new calendar events and reminders.

And of the LC 500h, he wrote: «The LC 500h continues my enthusiasm for Toyota's hybrid systems, from the Prius through the Lexus version of that car, the CT 200h, to this near - halo vehicle, which is more or less intended to give the BMW i8 a run for its money without tripping into supercar territory.

, which is a story on the rise of Samsung over the last two years from smartphone also - ran to powerhouse player giving iPhone a run for its money.

Sanders came from semi-obscurity in the Senate to give Clinton a serious run for her money in the battle for the Democratic nomination this year.

The «What About Us» singer posted an Instagram video of her daughter applying makeup on Wednesday, and the sped - up clip shows Hart giving YouTube beauty gurus a run for their money.

He thinks that ultimately while he'd love to see Rhapsody / Napster give Spotify a run for its money and raise the level of the industry, he doesn't see it happening.

Ikea's at it again with a new product for the masses, one that might give the Billy bookcase a run for its money.

In fact, some emerging - market tech companies are giving the U.S. blue chips a run for their money.

But where crowdfunding and startup investing do overlap, crowdfunding is increasingly giving investors a run for their money.

Netflix and Amazon have spent billions of dollars producing high quality television, giving Time Warner's HBO a run for its money.

And there are dozens of other women in the business who would have given Kimmel, Colbert, Meyers and Noah a run for their money, even in heels.

But in 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis, we started noticing that young people were doing some awfully significant things, whether in the financial world (Meredith Whitney had just made her bold call against Citigroup), in the tech world (Facebook was beginning to crank into high gear), or in other industries (Kevin Plank's apparel upstart Under Armour was giving Nike a real run for its money).

These companies may be new to the scene, but they are already giving the big guys a run for their money with innovative models, marketing methods and menus.

If successful, Porter will not only give Air Canada a real run for its money, but it will be responsible for the fastest expansion of any form of mass transportation Toronto will see for years to come.

So while it might be too early to predict the end of human stock - pickers, robots may quite literally give them a run for their money.

Tonight on Nightly Business Report, is Wal - Mart giving Amazon a run for its money?

These retailers are giving traditional department stores and big - box retailers (aka the walking dead) a run for their money.

The Google Home and its new junior edition, the Google Home Mini, are giving the Amazon Echo a run for its money.

We might even give the Americans a run for their money.

«In many ways, virtual currencies might just give existing currencies and monetary policy a run for their money,» she said.

In addition to reinventing himself multiple times, from the long - forgotten battles with the FCC in the 90s to giving Charlie Rose a run for his money over the past decade as «greatest interviewer alive,» Howard's savviest role is behind the scenes as a platform rainmaker.

The following September, he announced the new Kindle Fire HD, the company's next generation tablet designed to give Apple's iPad a run for its money.

While it's perfectly true that there isn't enough U.S. shale to flood the world with oil, a lot of what there is is historically cheap to produce so as to give crude from the Middle East a real run for its money; and a solid proportion of that production has been sold forward at attractive levels in the futures market ensuring financial stability for U.S. producers.

With a just four years of the total market presence company is making few smartphone giants run for their money and has beaten many of smartphone vendors who are in the market for almost a decade or more now.

Christine Lagarde, managing director, IMF: «Might just give existing currencies and monetary policy a run for their money»

It gives industry leaders like BigCommerce and Volusion a run for their money, but offers a design that is geared towards ease of use for the store owner.

One of my sources of inspiration is to see women doing exploits in business; and giving their male counterparts a run for the money.

The IMF managing director believes virtual currencies might just give existing tender and monetary policy a run for their money.

In other words, if bitcoin has a future, it probably lies in giving gold a run for its money as a hedge against the fiat money.

She said cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin could «give existing currencies and monetary policy a run for their money.»

His followers would even give Mohammed The Pedophile Prophet a run for his money.

If we add 54 points to your I.Q., you might be able to give Forrest Gump a run for the money, but the odds would still be in his favor.

posts on ALMOST FAMOUS, two on the SCHOOL OF ROCK, and an epic one on THE DOORS, I do think that among my list of pop - music films, THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO is the standout in terms of sheer cinematic achievement, with only AMERICAN GRAFFITI giving it a run for the money.

I mean, I can draw a mean stick figure that would give Picasso a run for his money, but that's about it.

Complete whack jobs determined to give Scientologists a run for the money on the road to the loony bin.

If of course you measure success as an imaginary castle in a far away land that you can only reach by dying and no one has ever been able to confirm its existence... then I think christians give the rest of the world a run for its money.

The alcohol industry generates more than $ 400 billion annually, but as more states begin to legalize marijuana, the cannabis industry is giving Big Alcohol a run for its money.

I need to try it too but I got to say this one definitely gives her a run for her money!

This one might give it a run for the money.

And there are plenty of veg - focused restaurants that give their meaty brethren a run for their money in both flavor and creativity.

Oats are always a staple for me — my favorite is these pancakes, but Joe taste tested this recipe and said they give the pancakes a run for their money!