contender
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The Cavaliers looking like strong contender for second place in West Valley League.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the right hands, it could’ve become a contender in theaters, especially when theaters are lacking good coming-of-age stories.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
However the 30-year-old would probably have to at least match his final goalscoring season for Brentford in the Championship - 25 league goals - to be a contender for the Golden Boot.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
His "spoof" contender was making him "look rather silly", Queen Mary University of London politics professor Stijn van Kessel told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 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
He's signed a new deal and now has no running back competition at Detroit so expect him to see lots of action on a Lions team who are NFC contenders.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Following talks that could last several weeks the government will choose one of the two contenders and hold final negotiations.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Other compelling contenders would be outright additions to the S&P universe, meaning that they aren’t already in the midcap or small-cap benchmark indexes managed by S&P Dow Jones Indices.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Twilio, Bloom Energy and Cheniere Energy are among the top contenders to join the S&P 500 in the upcoming quarterly rebalancing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
With Jinky no longer being a putative heir, the remaining contenders for the estate were Miyoko Watai, the Targ nephews, and the U.S.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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