Sentence examples for determined contenders from inspiring English sources

In addition to Mr Cruz, the primary has drawn several determined contenders, including Tom Leppert, formerly a well-liked mayor of Dallas, and David Dewhurst, currently the state's lieutenant-governor.As in Indiana, the state's Republican establishment is running up against a restive tea party.

The main and co-main event though, offers a match-up that will determine contenders in the near future.

This was an eliminatory card organized by the Montreal Athletic Commission, which was to determine a contender for their vacant Bantamweight World Championship, against first contender Baby Casanova, who attended the card.

A fight that will likely determined the next contender at 205 pounds, top-five light heavyweights Anthony Johnson and Glover Teixeira will finally slug it out, after a previous booking fell through in July.

This is a power play, and a declaration that Zuffa Boxing is determined to be a contender and challenger to the boxing world's established order.

(When a champion abdicates, as Fury did, a new championship lineage can be created through a match between the top two contenders, as determined by general consensus. But often, as in this case, it takes a while for such a consensus to emerge).

On May 25 , 2008in AJPW, Nakajima and Sasaki lost to Taiyō Kea and Minoru Suzuki in a match to determine the #1 contenders to the World Tag Team Championship.

On February 15 , 2008 at the Florida State Fair in Tampa, Florida, Hager and Ted DiBiase, Jr. were the final two men remaining in a 23-man battle royal to determine the two contenders for the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship.

Sitting in one of the skyboxes above the salesroom and bidding by telephone to Guy Bennett, a senior specialist in Christie's Impressionist and modern art department, Mr. Wynn played hard and fast, determined to outbid two other contenders for the Cézanne.

If O'Neal is determined to retire with a contender, he might be out of options.

While it's certain that the winner will go on to main event WrestleMania as the champion, many will wonder how and when a number one contender will be determined.