Sentences with phrase «strong frontrunner»
The phrase "strong frontrunner" means a person or thing that is currently in the lead or has a significant advantage over others. Full definition
Right out of the gate we have five strong frontrunners in Best Picture with the top three being very close.
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Seven finalists remain in the Oscar race for Best Makeup, the category that's poised to prove just how strong a frontrunner The Artist actually is, not to mention stoke the fire of the film's backlash.
But at this point last year Boyhood was a much stronger frontrunner, was the perceived Best Picture winner and began its losing streak here, to Birdman.
Hillary Clinton was the strong frontrunner, with Bernie Sanders in the Paul Tsongas / Bill Bradley role, appealing to a specific segment of the Democratic electorate but otherwise doomed to defeat.
My GOP source explained that Romney, thanks to his 2008 run and tenure as governor in neighboring Massachusetts, is considered a strong frontrunner in New York — particularly with ex-Gov.
Anything can happen in the course of a campaign but Brownback is a strong frontrunner today.
Last year there was a strong frontrunner with Life Itself out of the running in Cititzenfour.
Dunkirk remains the strong frontrunner for Film Editing (but Get Out is gaining fast) and increases its lead in Cinematography over Blade Runner 2049 just a bit the first half of this month.
While The Jungle Book is still the strong frontrunner to win the Oscar, after last year's shocking upset of Ex Machina over The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road (breaking a 45 - year Oscar stat of a non-BP nominated film beating a Best Picture nominee), anything can happen.
Currently my predictions are Mo'Nique (I think she is the strongest frontrunner in any major category right now) Moore Farmiga Kendrick Weaver (a bit of a dark horse, but since I have Nine being the presumed front - runner that falters upon release and feel Avatar has the potential to be groundbreaking why not?)