contenders

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Contenders for the role include former U.K. finance chief George Osborne and Kevin Sneader, a onetime McKinsey managing partner who now works at Goldman Sachs, some of the people familiar with the search said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Contenders for the Palme d'Or this year include Scottish director Lynne Ramsay's adaptation of Ariana Harwicz's novel Die My Love, which stars Lawrence and Robert Pattinson.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

The 2024 Oscars Original Song Contenders Playlist includes Americana, Latin dance pop, acoustic guitar-driven ballads and, yes, showtunes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

Contenders will have one minute for each answer, 30 seconds for each follow-up and 45 seconds for a closing statement.

From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2023

Containing the Testimony of the first Contenders against Prelacy and Supremacy, from the Year 1570, to 1638.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander