entrants

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Races for the office tend to be sleepy affairs, but this year’s contest has featured last-minute entrants, a whopping influx of cash and defections among the incumbent’s key supporters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

As Barron’s previously reported, there has been a flush of entrants to the public market this year following a lull in 2025.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

According to a 2025 Oxford Economics report, 85% of the rise in the unemployment rate since mid-2023 “is concentrated in new market entrants who can’t find work.”

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

The inaugural event was designed for club runners but evolved to include everyone from elite entrants to those in weird and wonderful fancy dress, raising money for charity.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Almost all of the fourteen entrants wanted an opportunity to go to the Interzonal, and it was rumored that some had entered to take a crack at Bobby Fischer.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady