Sentences with phrase «main challengers»

"Main challengers" refers to the individuals, teams, or entities that pose the greatest competition or opposition in a particular context or situation. They are the primary contenders or competitors that one must overcome or outperform in order to succeed or achieve a desired outcome. Full definition
Mr Balls returned the favour yesterday by criticising Mr Miliband's brother, Ed, who is the other main challenger in the race to succeed Gordon Brown.
Having been Chelsea's main challengers for most of the season, just two wins in eight games in all competitions has seen them knocked out of the Champions League, and overtaken by Arsenal and Manchester United in the Premier League, whilst Liverpool's win over Newcastle has brought them right back into the equation.
China, in particular, clearly appears as America's main challenger economically and even geopolitically.
In the 2016 Scottish Parliamentary elections, Labour fell to third place behind the Scottish Tories, whose Ruth Davidson is now leader of the opposition and the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon main challenger to be First Minister after the 2021 election.
Many in the country were anxious at the possibility of post-election violence, and preliminary results showed Uhuru Kenyatta, who is seeking another five - year term, leading main challenger Raila Odinga.
He increased his majority at the last general election to 8,689 against main challengers the Liberal Democrats.
Some of Quinn's main challengers on the Democratic side are former Rep. Anthony Weiner, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, former city comptroller Bill Thompson and current comptroller John Liu.
Best Supporting Actor Frontrunner: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project Main challenger: Sam Rockwell for Three Billboards, at the moment.
Andrew Cuomo has two main challengers in the governor's race: Cynthia Nixon on the left and Marc Molinaro on the right.
Now at the age of 40 he has admitted whilst promoting his new autobiography that he deliberately gave away the spot kick against his former club Sparta Prague's main challengers for the Championship title, Liberec, whilst playing for minnows Ceske Budejovice.
Six weeks away from Germany's federal election, chancellor Angela Merkel and her main challenger have both taken aim at the country's beleaguered car - making industry.
By turning on auto industry executives, Merkel is trying to both push the sector to innovate and to head off a drive for more social justice in Germany from her main challenger, Martin Schulz of the left - leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD).
The main challenger to Powell is Stanford University economist John Taylor, a favorite of conservative Republicans who believe monetary policy has been too loose under Yellen and want the central bank to rely more on rules when setting rates.
In many cases, the Tory MLA's vastly outspent their main challengers (which in most cases, was the local Wildrose candidate).
Airdrie MLA Rob Anderson, who crossed the floor to the Wildrose Party in 2010, saw his campaign spend $ 77,295.20, which dwarfed the $ 32,411 spent by the campaign of his main challenger Kelly Hegg.
However, protests erupted when his main challenger, Raila Odinga, alleged vote - rigging.
Stetson, which has 6» 6» Randy Anderson, and Georgia Southern, which has Jeff Sanders, a 6» 8» forward - center who helped the Eagles give Syracuse a fright in the NCAAs, will be Arkansas - Little Rock's main challengers.
United may have had a recent blip against Huddersfield Town but remain one of the main challengers to Manchester City at the top of the table, so it's little surprise to see them narrowly edge this combined XI below...
Wyoming's Cowboys will be gunning for their fourth straight title, but they must play their main challenger, Arizona State, away.
Juventus and Roma are both among the main challengers for the Serie A title in Italy this season, and will be looking to strengthen their squads in the January transfer window.
They are both good,» Hazard said when asked who Chelsea's main challengers are.
Liverpool are certainly gonna be main challengers to City and Chelsea.
The fun did not stop there though, because the same West Ham side that we took to pieces last weekend then managed to hold Liverpool to a draw at Anfield, so after last week's shock defeat to Bournemouth, Klopp's side have gone from the main challenger to Chelsea to being three points behind Arsenal.
Here's what the Tigers and their main challengers each have going for them.
While Manchester City just keep on winning, it's hard - fought victories like this that surely show United's credentials as the main challengers to Pep Guardiola's side.
And that means James would replace the young gun who is his main challenger to the No 1 jersey at the World Cup.
Chelsea will develop their strategy, and I expect re-vamped Man Utd and Man City to be the main challengers towards the end of next EPL campaign.
One of the big questions that people are asking with less than a month to go before the start of the new Premier League season is whether last season's champions Leicester City can keep it going and be one of the main challengers again or whether the league will go back to the status quo of the big clubs dominating.
A collapse from Manchester City saw them fall way off the pace, with Arsenal, who mounted a strong late push, the main challengers to the Blues.
Then again, it was only three weeks ago that Rovers were frustrating United's main challenger for the league in Chelsea.
Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya - West, Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, has reminded her main challenger in the upcoming election, George Andah, that his expensive billboards will not influence the decisions of the electorate.
Ashcroft finds a 14 - point Labour lead in the 32 marginal seats where it is the main challenger to the Tories, enough to put Miliband in No 10 with an overall majority.
John Smith was the runaway favourite but his main challenger, Bryan Gould, struggled for nominations from MPs who wanted to be seen to be backing the winner.
His move would leave the overwhelmingly Democratic district's primary field with only two main challengers, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Councilman Charles Barron.
The Liberal Democrats» vote has fallen by half in constituencies where Labour are their main challengers, according to my latest round of polling in marginal seats.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, and his main challenger in the upcoming Democratic mayoral primary, Sal Albanese, stump for votes in campaign appearances in the city on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017.
Alan's main challenger in that contest was Nana Akufo - Addo and the Alan camp led by President Kufour and Kwadwo Mpiani applied all the political theories to make Akufo - Addo's election impossible.
De Blasio's main challenger, Republican Nicole Malliotakis, conceded before 10 p.m. after earning about 29 percent of votes.
The AFRC organized general elections on June 18, 1979 and it was won by Dr. Hilla Limann who needed a second round of voting to defeat his main challenger, Victor Owusu.
UKIP says it'll be the main challenger in traditionally Labour - voting areas such as the South Wales Valleys.
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His main challenger will be another Scottish MP, Menzies Campbell.
The mayor now moves to the general election, for which his main challenger will be Republican Nicole Malliotakis, a member of the state Assembly whose district covers parts of Staten Island and Brooklyn.
Governor Idris Wada, the main challenger of the late former governor will also lead the state's delegation to the burial.
Kogi state governor, Captain Idris Wada, who also doubles as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that he is the lawful winner in the November 21 election, saying the votes of late Abubakar Audu, his main challenger in the poll, «died with him».
In my latest round of battleground polling I have returned to ten Conservative - held seats where Labour are the main challengers, and in which I found very close races when I polled them last year.
He has promised to work closely with his main challenger, Raila Odinga, who has alleged massive fraud and said he would challenge the results of the «tainted election» in the Supreme Court.
Tory sources have suggested that Theresa May will end up as his main challenger.
The incumbent mayor, who is standing for re-election on May 3rd, was accused of not having acted soon enough by his main challenger, Labour's Ken Livingstone.
McMahon's main challenger for the seat is expected to be Ukip candidate John Bickley.
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