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A source familiar with the sales process said London-based Xyra Group was making "significant progress" in its last minute bid to buy Poundland and could now be the front runner.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

While Republican Steve Hilton has spent months jackrabbiting around California during his long-shot bid for governor, Democratic front runner Xavier Becerra just recently emerged from quasi hibernation and stepped into political daylight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 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 current front runner, though, is 72-year-old Salvador Nasralla, who is running for president for the fourth time.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025

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

Parker quickly became the front-runner for the job after the sacking of Nuno, which followed back-to-back home defeats by Southampton and West Bromwich Albion.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

While she is believed to be the underdog, according to Polymarket data, her perceived chances of success have been improving — even as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has remained the front-runner.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 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

But entering the game on Saturday, it was somehow easy to forget that the 24-year-old front-runner for the Heisman Trophy would even be involved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

In the West it took another century of experiment and debate before this evenly spaced solution for twelve, not nineteen, notes emerged as the front-runner solution.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall