front runner

Example Sentences

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The current front runner, though, is 72-year-old Salvador Nasralla, who is running for president for the fourth time.

From BBC

But scrutiny of his life, in books and film, highlights how unconventional he was—a point reinforced in Brendan O’Meara’s well-crafted “The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Front Runner” depicts Prefontaine as smug but sensitive, and it keeps a narrow focus on his immediate sports circle.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is one of the most competitive selections for Labour in which Owain Williams was thought by some to be a bit of a front runner.

From BBC

With Kamala Harris out of the California governor’s race, other candidates are jockeying to be seen as the new front runner.

From Los Angeles Times