Sentence examples for formidable front runner from inspiring English sources
Once Allen had lost black‑ball position from his sixth red, a £157,000 payout for a maximum was no longer possible, but his second 146 – he also made one in the 2007 UK Championship – remains a formidable front runner for the £10,000 highest break prize.
Beyond bloodlines and Dollase's good fortune, Ten Most Wanted was assisted mightily by a wicked speed duel by two formidable front-runners, the Haskell Invitational winner Peace Rules and the Jim Dandy victor Strong Hope.
Jeb Bush, the son and brother of presidents who once seemed a formidable front-runner for his party's nomination, quit the race Saturday night after a disappointing finish in South Carolina's primary.
And there are those expectations, which afford a Democratic challenger, however viable, the opportunity to show up Clinton by performing even halfway decently in an early contest; 16.5% of the Iowa vote was enough to launch Gary Hart into a serious contest against former Vice President Walter Mondale, who started 1984 as a formidable front-runner.
Yet after a somewhat lackluster start — it is hard now to appreciate how formidable a front-runner Mrs. Clinton appeared to be just a year ago — Mr. Obama and his team delivered.
"Front Runner" does equally well with the women in Hart's life, starting with Farmiga, who brings her formidable presence and skill to the challenges of being a politician's wife.
Leicester: Surely the front runner?
So far, no front runner has emerged.
Scolari was always the front runner.
But Mr Hollande remains the front runner.
