challenger
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His victory was not unexpected as he had a comfortable lead in the polls over his Republican challenger Mike Collins - a member of the lower House chamber.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Mayor Karen Bass is a big booster of the ’28 Summer Olympics in L.A.; challenger Nithya Raman?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The slugfest between Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Graham Platner Troy Jackson, her Democratic challenger, will finally come to an end.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
He pulled away from his last challenger, Crippa, in the final mile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
David offered himself to Saul to fight Goliath, the Philistine challenger.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Chinese chipmakers Moore Threads and MetaX -- touted as challengers to US behemoth Nvidia -- have both plunged by around 50 percent over the past six months.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
They’d come to see Johnson appear with De La Cruz and two Republican challengers: Tano Tijerina, a much vaunted recruit running against Cuellar, and Eric Flores, the GOP hope for unseating Gonzalez.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
The gloomy climate at City Hall drew in mayoral challengers, including Austin Beutner, a former Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent and Los Angeles Times publisher, and leftist organizer Rae Huang.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
City missed out on the title to Arsenal last season and are expected to be the closest challengers again.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Here and there a loop stuck out, maybe big enough to stick your pinky finger through, pitiful testimony to the challengers who had tried and failed.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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