challenger

Example Sentences

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He brought Gallrein on stage, saying of his handpicked challenger: “He’s like central casting.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Seven City Council incumbents face at least one challenger, while Councilmember Monica Rodriguez is running unopposed to represent her northeast San Fernando Valley district.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

A new challenger also emerged on Sunday when Senator Paloma Valencia won a center-right primary by a wide margin.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

Investors shouldn’t even take the current dominance of OpenAI, Anthropic and Google as an absolute, as Slowinski cautioned that a dark-horse challenger could still emerge to disrupt the hierarchy in the coming months.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

Louis had battled his way through twenty-seven professional matches with twenty-three knockouts and no defeats to reach his current status as the number one challenger in the world.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown