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She was introduced to Newsom — a likely Democratic contender for president in 2028 — by Newsom’s father, and moved back to the Bay Area, where she resumed working as a prosecutor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Arriving in theaters this fall after multiple splashy film festival premieres, it announces the 38-year-old actress, best known for playing a bedraggled spy in the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, as a potential Oscar contender.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

On Monday, the campaign said that later this month the Senate contender would be campaigning alongside former President Barack Obama.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

Pendlebury also told AFP he felt that research on solar cells was "overdue" for a prize, with German-born Swiss chemist Michael Gratzel named as a top contender.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

If there were an innumeracy-of-the- year award, this statement would be a strong contender for it.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

We’ll see if that puts it into the cultural conversation in a way that has eluded other Netflix contenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Molecules that regulate sleep and appetite or methods for editing genes are some of the research fields commentators say could be contenders for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

At the Bulwark, Sarah Longwell notes that a recent New York Times/Siena poll found El-Sayed with support from 8% of 2024 Trump voters, better than more moderate Democratic Senate contenders in Maine and New Hampshire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Ferrari entered this season hoping to be title contenders following the introduction of new chassis and engine rules in F1.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

And the varsity girls are contenders almost every year.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen