Sentence examples for prominent rival from inspiring English sources

Others talked darkly of a possible "setup" of Mr. Sarkozy's most prominent rival.

Not only Saudi liberals but prominent rival sheikhs condemned the ruling as an example of the ideological extremism that has encouraged violent radicals.

Prime Minister Hun Sen engineered a pardon for his most prominent rival on Friday, clearing the way for the self-exiled politician, Sam Rainsy, to return home and campaign in this month's general election.

Cambodia's prime minister, Hun Sen, has engineered a pardon for his most prominent rival, who has been in self-imposed exile for four years, clearing the way for him to return home and campaign in this month's general election.

Last week a former prime minister, Iyad Allawi, a secular-minded Shia Arab whose candidates' list is the most prominent rival to the dominant and strongly Islamist force in the outgoing parliament, the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), was attacked by a crowd of Shia radicals on a campaign visit to the holy city of Najaf.

The 60 Plus Association, an advocacy group affiliated with Pat Boone, which casts itself as a conservative alternative to its more prominent rival, charged last week on its Web site that AARP "now is an annex of the Democrat party engaging in underhanded money-grubbing tactics that sell-out its members".

Mr. Noda outmaneuvered more prominent rivals in an internal party ballot on Monday, making him leader of the Democratic Party, which has been plagued by internal feuding.

If, for example, former Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa missteps, he might be able to pick himself up without attracting as much notice as one of his more prominent rivals.

He said that this time he was more seasoned and unshackled, which he believes gives him advantages over his two most prominent rivals, Senators Clinton and Obama.

The company raised $150 million from investors last year to finance efforts to expand internationally to compete with prominent rivals like DropBox, based in San Francisco, which opened its first overseas office last year in Dublin.

"He can only win if he cheats, and he can only cheat if he is in office," claims an Afghan businessman.Strangely, given Mr Karzai's declining popularity, few prominent rivals have yet announced their intention to run.