contender
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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
Meanwhile: OpenAI released its latest contender in the AI-assistant race with Dots, always-on agents that will work in the background to complete tasks on users’ behalf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
He won a succession of national titles, establishing himself as the next contender to emerge from the Ingle gym.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
"He had a fight with a top contender, an Italian kid, and lost. The next day, in the papers, the contender said he won because he sang along with opera."
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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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
While major-league offenses covet power, their bunt-heavy approach has made them serious championship contenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 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
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
From a scramble of contenders I got one of the jugs, elbowed off a counterattack, opened it, sampled it, choked, and then went through with my original plan by stopping Brinker’s mouth with it.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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