challenger
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A lawyer by profession, Mundubile became the main opposition challenger after a fractured anti-government camp rallied around him through the Tonse Alliance, a coalition of opposition parties seeking to defeat Hichilema.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
LIV Golf, the once-promising challenger to the PGA Tour, laid off most of its staff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Cohen, a Democrat, faces challenger Herb Morgan, a Republican from San Diego, in the Nov. 3 election.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Hichilema's win was widely expected, with his closest challenger Brian Mundubile getting 38% of the votes cast.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
David offered himself to Saul to fight Goliath, the Philistine challenger.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
The biggest hurdle facing the challengers may be the issue of standing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
New Chinese AI models big and small -- from Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 to Alibaba's popular Qwen series -- are grabbing attention as challengers to Anthropic and OpenAI's lead.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Businesses face an array of challengers, however, so the economy isn’t firing on all cylinders.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Leclerc and team principal Frederic Vasseur, though, were cautious about their prospects of becoming consistent challengers to Mercedes.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Here and there a loop stuck out, maybe big enough to stick your pinky finger through, pitiful testimony to the challengers who had tried and failed.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
