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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

The Rams’ Les Snead found a way to build a perennial contender by rethinking the market as a value investor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

With Sesko still only 23, he will hope he can maintain that form over a whole season under Michael Carrick and be a Golden Boot contender.

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

“Here’s the referee. He’s counting. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven ... Is the contender trying to get up again?”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

And Gasly and his team absolutely nailed qualifying, while all the usual leading contenders had scrappy sessions one way or another.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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

Then again, Telluride has never depended entirely on known quantities; films such as “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Moonlight” arrived with relatively modest expectations and left as major contenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Ulbrickson hustled all five boatloads of varsity contenders back out onto the water in the wind and the rain.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown