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

Thirty-four of the entrants to that particular list have self-made fortunes - and nearly a third are linked to London-based AI start-ups.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Heightened economic and policy uncertainty has kept many employers from making big hiring pushes, plus there’s a continuing skills mismatch between retiring workers and younger entrants.

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

There were four events in the rodeo: bareback bucking Hereford riding, bareback bucking pony riding, team roping of the same sad-sack cow by six entrants, and pony racing for kids.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols