John McCain, for example, entered the 2008 race as the front-runner largely because of his honourable failure in 2000.

比如说，约翰·麦凯恩很大程度上因为2000年竞选失败者的身份参加2008年的竞选。

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Eurocopter had been seen as the front-runner when Bell Helicopter complained about a lack of transparency in the selection process.

欧洲直升机公司一直被认为是处于领先地位，但贝尔直升机公司抱怨说在选择过程阶段缺乏透明度。

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For evidence of Sandra Bullock's front-runner status in the Best Actress race, look at how she pulled her movie, indistinguishable from a dozen other sports inspirationals, into the Best Picture race.

这部影片足以让桑德拉·布鲁克在本届奥斯卡最佳女主角的竞争中成为佼佼者，她帮助由她领衔的这部电影从一堆难以区分的体育励志片中脱颖而出，进入了最佳影片奖项的角逐。

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The ruling party's Ali Ben Bongo is the front-runner in a crowded field of candidates.

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Haile Gebrselassie poses for photographs afterwards with the media, who have abandoned their usual cynicism in favour of unadulterated fawning in front of the greatest distance runner of all time.

BBC: Me, my race and Haile

Instead of focusing on a campaign fundraiser Thursday in Ohio, and touring a Ford Assembly plant, the Republican front-runner began his morning in front of a battery of TV cameras, answering questions about his relationship with Iseman, who is 31 years his junior.

NPR: McCain Denounces 'Times' Story on Lobbyist Ties

Dean was the front-runner in national polls of Democratic presidential candidates at the time AFSCME endorsed him, but he has yet to win a single primary contest.

CNN: Dean loses endorsement from major labor union