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Discover LudwigThe phrase "frontrunner against" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when discussing a leading candidate or competitor in a contest or election who is positioned to oppose another candidate or entity. Example: "In the upcoming election, she is the frontrunner against her main rival, who has been campaigning vigorously."
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After Hillary said that Trump, the Republican frontrunner, had shown a "penchant for sexism", Trump used Twitter to warn the Democratic frontrunner against using her husband as a surrogate on the campaign trail.
Hallquist is the apparent frontrunner against three other Democrats in the gubernatorial primary next week, though a poll by VPR-PBS indicates that all four candidates are relatively unknown to voters. .
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Just last week, new poll results by Public Policy Polling showed that Tancredo is the Republican frontrunner this year against the incumbent Hickenlooper, whom he lost to in 2010 as an American Constitution Party candidate.
But getting a presidential nominee who has that position may be tougher, with many of the field's frontrunners currently against it.
He has been one of the most aggressive candidates against frontrunner Hillary Clinton, calling her out at multiple times about her 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War.
It's Newt Gingrich, the irascible former House speaker who is now on a seek-and-destroy mission against frontrunner Mitt Romney.
The leader of a fledgling Indian anti-corruption party has announced plans to run against frontrunner and opposition leader Narendra Modi in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi in forthcoming elections.
Rick Santorum is using his newfound momentum in the Republican presidential primary to mount a vigorous defense against frontrunner Mitt Romney.
When stacked up against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, the same survey showed that he polled worse than six other Republican candidates.
It's a lull in which backlashes have plenty of time to take hold, and not just against the frontrunner.
A frontrunner in the fight against regime forces in the north, al-Nusra has said it will not target civilian sites.
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