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
She came to national prominence in 2009 as leader of the fledgling, populist Wildrose Party and turned it into a challenger to the Progressive Conservatives, who had governed Alberta since 1971.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 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
In New Jersey’s fifth district, five-term Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer is expected to cruise to re-election, as he’s in a safe seat for his party and he didn’t face a primary challenger.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
He’d been home barely a month from the Candidates tournament in Yugoslavia, and he was tired—never really weary of the game itself, but fatigued from his excruciating two-month attempt to become Botvinnik’s challenger.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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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 trial’s results show that orforglipron, which was developed by Eli Lilly, can be considered one of semaglutide’s most credible challengers.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
Mandatory challengers are enforced on a rotating basis between sanctioning bodies, and the WBC had ordered Usyk to fight Agit Kabayel next.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
It then turned and faced its challengers, let out a terrible roar, and disappeared with its kill.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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