Sentence examples for rising contender from inspiring English sources

Another rising contender, Turkish Airlines, is enjoying double-digit annual growth in traffic, much of it to or from the rest of Europe.

Krylov has emerged as a stealth rising contender in a thin light heavyweight division.

The results of Gay's first 2004 US Olympic Trials confirmed his status as a rising contender in the 100 m and 200 m events.

The evening also put the band up against Slipknot, heavy rock's newest pretender to the throne, as well as old rivals Slayer and Sepultura and rising contenders Sevendust.

Once established as rising contenders, they're primed for national television.

Containerization, database domination and the rise of DevOps will all play a part in the infrastructure paradigm, and several startups are emerging as rising contenders in each category.

Rising Star contender Patrick Cripps accumulated a team-high 29 touches for the Blues for whom no-one kicked more than one goal.

At the beginning of each of the seven seasons Fassel has been the team's coach, the Giants have either been considered unpromising underdogs (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002) or rising playoff contenders (1998, 2001, 2003).

With a veteran defense and a powerful running game, the inexperienced quarterback Tarvaris Jackson appears to be one of the few question marks for a team looking to rise to contender status in the National Football Conference.

San Diego, set in their ways to be solid but never Super Bowl worthy, were not supposed to rise into contenders.

"Scott's approach to the game, track record for player development and ability to communicate with his players made him the clear-cut choice to guide our team as we continue to rise as contenders in the Eastern Conference," Leonsis said.