challenger
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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
Fourteen candidates are on the ballot, but the contest is largely seen as a two-horse race between the incumbent and his main challenger Brian Mundubile.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Draper is one of the sport’s most ferocious young talents, considered a challenger to Sinner and Alcaraz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass outraised her challenger, Councilmember Nithya Raman, by more than $300,000 in the first fundraising period of the general election, new campaign finance reports show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
But the markings here were strong: the challenger hunted this territory, and the threat in his scent was unmistakable.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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“We test champions against the challengers against the champion,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
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
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
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