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challenger

[chal-in-jer] / ˈtʃæl ɪn dʒər /
NOUN
contestant
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Eisenkot, Netanyahu’s challenger, promised to rebuild the relationship, which he said was more than an alliance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The last challenger to defeat an incumbent mayor was then-City Councilmember Antonio Villaraigosa, who defeated James K. Hahn for reelection in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

His victory was not unexpected as he had a comfortable lead in the polls over his Republican challenger Mike Collins - a member of the lower House chamber.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The slugfest between Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Graham Platner Troy Jackson, her Democratic challenger, will finally come to an end.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

He’d been home barely a month from the Candidates tournament in Yugoslavia, and he was tired—never really weary of the game itself, but fatigued from his excruciating two-month attempt to become Botvinnik’s challenger.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Remember what happened last season, after Doncic set the league on fire in March, averaging 37.5 points per game as the Lakers went 15-2 and announced themselves as challengers?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Chinese chipmakers Moore Threads and MetaX -- touted as challengers to US behemoth Nvidia -- have both plunged by around 50 percent over the past six months.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

They’d come to see Johnson appear with De La Cruz and two Republican challengers: Tano Tijerina, a much vaunted recruit running against Cuellar, and Eric Flores, the GOP hope for unseating Gonzalez.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

Walmart and Amazon have become more formidable challengers since then.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Here and there a loop stuck out, maybe big enough to stick your pinky finger through, pitiful testimony to the challengers who had tried and failed.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli


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