challenger
Example Sentences
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Rivers, 22, is the sole challenger to incumbent Tim McOsker in the June 2 primary election.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 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
That followed 'the Bullet' taking nine weeks to register a point in last year's event - his first involvement since being a challenger in 2020.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he becomes relaxed again, insouciant, daring.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
