contender
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Elle Fanning is the only new contender to break into this race.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
They rank candidates in order of preference and a contender needs 50 percent to win.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
If I was going to pop over to Monaco and place a bet on next year’s heavyweight contender, “Fatherland” would be it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Final thought: what does Health Secretary Wes Streeting, another plausible contender for the leadership, do now?
From BBC • May 11, 2026
The only serious contender for primacy was Benjamin Franklin, but just before his death in 1790, Franklin himself acknowledged Washington’s supremacy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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