front runner
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"We've wound down our kitchen, it was natural for us to cut that and focus on what is front runner for the business, which is drinks sales."
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Paramount had initially been viewed as a front runner in the deal given the close ties Ellison and his father, Oracle Corp.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025
The other was the vigorous argument between abstraction and figuration as front runner of the avant-garde, then being hard-fought in the American art world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
Ex-home secretary Suella Braverman, who was initially seen by many as a front runner in the race, did not enter the race after many of her key allies joined Mr Jenrick's campaign.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2024
Twice champion of the USSR, he’d won the 1958 Portorož Interzonal, becoming a front runner to play the incumbent titleholder, Mikhail Botvinnik, for the World Championship in 1960.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
A couple of polls late this week have made it clear that El-Sayed is the front-runner heading into election night.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is no longer the clear front-runner in the AI race, as Anthropic’s private-market valuation is now higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
That leaves “Beef,” Lee Sung Jin’s anthology series about enmity, envy and the multiple ways that blood orange juice can be made, as the presumptive front-runner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
A public survey released in late May showed Duterte as the front-runner in the 2028 race, with 51 percent of respondents saying they planned to vote for her.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Then, somewhat oddly, both the Democratic front-runner in the primary and the ensuing Republican nominee became embroiled in scandals involving their ex-wives.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
