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
The Pollen-Isherwood story provides a lesson about the danger of decadence for the reigning hegemon in the face of a rising challenger.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 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
The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
