challenger
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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
The 29-year-old instead wants to fight the winner of the upcoming WBC title fight between holder Ryan Garcia and English challenger Conor Benn, or pursue another unification bout with Australia's IBF champion Liam Paro.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Intel’s CEO said this week that the chip maker may return to the memory market, potentially making it a challenger to Micron and SK Hynix.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The challenger went over backwards in sudden collapse, with nothing on his face but blank, blank surprise.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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
Now, the world’s biggest performance brands and a wave of smaller challengers are betting on a new approach: “active cooling technology”—fabrics, constructions and materials designed to lower the temperature at the skin’s surface.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The traditional "big four" grocers at the time - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons - were slow to respond to the new competition, leaving the challengers to gradually pick off their shoppers.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
It then turned and faced its challengers, let out a terrible roar, and disappeared with its kill.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
