11.   Both companies grew rapidly over the past two years by snapping up smaller competitors.

12.   Both companies have grown rapidly over the past two years by snapping up smaller competitors.

13.   Both radio and television operators can make more money, and squeeze their smaller competitors, because federal regulations allow them to consolidate like never before.

14.   But a smaller competitor was less sanguine about the increased competition.

15.   But as even big communications carriers have been hit by the economic downturn, smaller competitors like Winstar have had an even tougher time.

16.   But Fleet has clearly acquired its smaller competitor.

17.   But his four smaller competitors have ceased operations altogether.

18.   But its smaller competitors and some analysts say the PC-centric view of the world that defined Microsoft could be its downfall in the wireless market.

19.   But smaller competitors in the race for high-technology clean cars are complaining that the three giants could squeeze them out of the effort.

20.   But they also saw it as potentially making them lose market share to their smaller competitors.