candidates

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“He forced the more conventional candidates to talk about the issues in a way that would not have been the case if he weren’t in the race,” Schnur said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Now that job candidates are using artificial intelligence to write résumés and coach them through virtual interviews, businesses are desperate for human insight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

There are five candidates standing in the Arbroath and Broughty Ferry by-election.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Steve Hilton, a former top adviser to ex-UK Prime Minister David Cameron and a former Fox News host, will advance as one of two candidates in the race for California governor, US media outlets project.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Those extinctions eliminated all the large wild animals that might otherwise have been candidates for domestication, and left native Australians and New Guineans with not a single native domestic animal.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond