The school fosters an atmosphere of 'competition' rather than cooperation. [=it encourages students to compete against each other instead of work together]
Downtown stores are looking for new ways to attract customers in the face of 'competition from' the stores at the mall.
There will be intense/fierce 'competition' for the top spots. [=many people will be trying to get the top spots]
(..) Come on, you need a four-person team. We're four people. By that reasoning we should also play Bridge, hold up a chuppah and enter the Olympic bobsled competition. Tickets to that, please. Sheldon, what, do I need to quote Spock's dying words to you? No, don't. "The needs of the many... (..)2008 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Bat Jar Conjecture Season: 1 Episode 13
(..) Kryptonian villain. Long story. Good story. - Count me out. - What? Why? You want me to use my intelligence in a tawdry competition? Would you ask Picasso to play Pictionary? Would you ask Noah Webster to play Boggle? Would you ask Jacques Cousteau (..)2008 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Bat Jar Conjecture Season: 1 Episode 13