front runner

Example Sentences

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"We've wound down our kitchen, it was natural for us to cut that and focus on what is front runner for the business, which is drinks sales."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Paramount had initially been viewed as a front runner in the deal given the close ties Ellison and his father, Oracle Corp.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025

With Kamala Harris out of the California governor’s race, other candidates are jockeying to be seen as the new front runner.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

Ex-home secretary Suella Braverman, who was initially seen by many as a front runner in the race, did not enter the race after many of her key allies joined Mr Jenrick's campaign.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2024

Twice champion of the USSR, he’d won the 1958 Portorož Interzonal, becoming a front runner to play the incumbent titleholder, Mikhail Botvinnik, for the World Championship in 1960.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady