upstart
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Across the state, there were other races with upstart contenders.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The trend spans from Ford Motor, which announced a new battery storage division in May, to Fluence Energy, an upstart battery-maker collaborating with Nvidia.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Magnus Carlsen hadn’t considered his upstart American opponent a formidable foe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
The financial turmoil marks a stunning turnaround for the once high-flying digital-media upstart.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
“And the newspapers ran stories about the little upstart diva who stole the show. And that launched my career.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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Hamilton
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