challenger

Example Sentences

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Seven City Council incumbents face at least one challenger, while Councilmember Monica Rodriguez is running unopposed to represent her northeast San Fernando Valley district.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

A new challenger also emerged on Sunday when Senator Paloma Valencia won a center-right primary by a wide margin.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

Investors shouldn’t even take the current dominance of OpenAI, Anthropic and Google as an absolute, as Slowinski cautioned that a dark-horse challenger could still emerge to disrupt the hierarchy in the coming months.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

Canada's defending champion Tyler Turner tops the men's LL1 World Cup rankings and will be a leading challenger along with American pair Noah Elliott and Mike Schultz - the silver medallist from Beijing.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The absence of an Eiffel challenger continued to frustrate Burnham.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson