Sentence examples for closest challenge from inspiring English sources

Mr. Cerullo's closest challenge came from a fellow Republican, Ralph J. Molinari, a cousin of Representative Molinari.

And DiMaggio's streak, also set in 1941, has never been truly threatened, with Pete Rose's 44-game streak in 1978 standing as the closest challenge.

The closest challenge came from Margie Goldstein-Engle of Wellington, Fla. Goldstein-Engle, ofe of 12 finalists for the United States Equestrian Team's Olympic show jumping squad, finished without penalty in 55.648 seconds on Hidden Creek's Limerick.

In the first 25 years after Hershiser recorded his streak, the closest challenge came from Brandon Webb of the 2007 Arizona Diamondbacks, who pitched 42 consecutive scoreless innings.

This remains the closest challenge to Collins's record: only five other players, Prithvi Shaw (546), Dadabhoy Havewala (515), JC Sharp (505 not out), Malhotra Chamanlal (502 not out), and Brian Lara (501 not out) have ever scored more than 500 runs in one innings in any form of cricket; Lara is the only person to have achieved a score of over 500 runs in first-class cricket.

The club's transformation began in 2002-3 when local businessman Andy Piley invested heavily, sparking an era of success which saw a new £1m stadium and progress through the non-league pyramid, which culminated with entry into The Football League clinched when closest challenges Wrexham failed to win at the weekend.

Expect Arsenal and Manchester United to provide a stronger, closer challenge this season but they lack the champions' defensive quality.

It is easy to forget that in 2009 he ran a close challenge to the seemingly invincible Michael Bloomberg despite being outspent 14 to 1. His positions generally fall in the middle of a decidedly liberal Democratic pack.

While David Miliband is expected to win the first round, there are predictions that once other candidates are eliminated and their second and third preferences counted, he will face a close challenge from his brother.

Vettel's best lap was 0.47 seconds quicker than Hamilton, doing little to diminish the sense that Ferrari may offer a closer challenge in 2016.

What had been speculated to be a close challenge ended up being no challenge at all – Evans took the race lead by over a minute and a half.