favored

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After all, Jean Smart is favored to win a fifth comedy Emmy for “Hacks.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Not winning the Tony for his indefatigable performance must sting, but John Lithgow was favored to win for his brave turn as the baleful Roald Dahl of Mark Rosenblatt’s “Giant.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The program “is solving an unmet need,” a team of Jefferies analysts wrote in a Thursday note reaffirming the stock as one of its favored stock picks.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Airlines so far have favored these “drop-in fuels,” because they are chemically identical to fossil fuels and work with traditional engines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

But as the war progressed, American sympathies increasingly favored the Allies.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman