front runner
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Paramount had initially been viewed as a front runner in the deal given the close ties Ellison and his father, Oracle Corp.
From MarketWatch
Paramount had initially been viewed as a front runner in the deal given the close ties its CEO, David Ellison, and his father, Oracle Corp.
From MarketWatch
The current front runner, though, is 72-year-old Salvador Nasralla, who is running for president for the fourth time.
From BBC
But scrutiny of his life, in books and film, highlights how unconventional he was—a point reinforced in Brendan O’Meara’s well-crafted “The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine.”
“The Front Runner” depicts Prefontaine as smug but sensitive, and it keeps a narrow focus on his immediate sports circle.
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