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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

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 ● Aug. 4, 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

Herta, previously a front-runner in the US-based Indycar championship, moved to Formula 2 this year with the intention of preparing himself for F1.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The UAE nominated Wednesday its foreign ministry official Lana Nusseibeh to run in the contest to lead the UN as none of the six existing candidates has emerged as a clear front-runner.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

And while an Oscar front-runner or two may have been unofficially coronated, we found plenty else to like — particularly these nine movies we’ll be taking home and mulling over in the weeks ahead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The seven-episode drama was considered a front-runner in the category, earning 13 nominations as well as critical acclaim and impressive ratings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

I was pretty sure I had the front-runner all picked out.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman