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A 2002 hit on the French presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Chevenement -- with a pineapple-flavoured missile at the Paris book fair -- would lead custard-pie throwing to be ruled a criminal offence.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Though Miles trails another MVP candidate, Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, in points and assists per game, she is more efficient by most measures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

He took on the favored candidate of Amodei and others in the GOP establishment, James Settelmeyer, a former minority leader of the state Senate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

And since things take a turn for the medical, Duffy’s oldest daughter, Evita, and her husband, Wisconsin Republican congressional candidate Michael Alfonso, enlist an ultrasound tech to reveal their unborn child’s gender.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

“I boldly entered...politics and business and exercised the rights I already possessed. I therefore claim the right to speak for the...women of the country...and I now announce myself as a candidate for the Presidency.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

“Many of us have been fiercely supportive of Democratic candidates and principles,” it reads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

College grads on both sides of the Atlantic are facing a challenging start to their careers, with job candidates finding themselves competing with AI for entry-level positions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

In Arcadia, City Council candidates must be at least 18 years old, a California resident, a registered city voter and a resident of the district they seek to represent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Applications for the new Yorkshire and Humber scheme will open in October with successful candidates starting in September 2027.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The organization opposed black candidates for public office whom they deemed too accommodationist and its members walked alongside the pioneering black students integrating Durham’s public schools.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

I don't believe in candidating, and I can't be accessory to it.

From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Lyman Abbott

I believe the whole church is satisfied with the result of our peculiar method of candidating.

From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Lyman Abbott

After a little rest and some candidating for a church, I took a small parish at Highland Falls, about a mile from West Point, New York, entering on my labors in January, 1866.

From Taken Alive by Edward Payson Roe

It was when I was candidating for my first parish that I preached at a little village down in Pennsylvania.

From Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 by Various

He once told me of an early experience in candidating.

From A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock