| defeated candidate | |
| disputant(noun, opposition, rival, enemy, competitor) | |
| dissentient(noun, match, opposition, rival, opponent) | |
| enemy(noun, match, opposition, rival, opponent) | |
| fatalist | |
| favorite(rival, competitor, participant, contestant, candidate) | |
| fighting chance | |
| foe(noun, match, opposition, rival, opponent) | |
| frontier | |
| frontiers of knowledge(expression, idiom) | |
| gambling chance | |
| handshaker | |
| hardly a chance(expression, idiom) | |
| job | |
| job-hunter | |
| lame duck | |
| litigant(noun, match, opposition, rival, opponent) | |
| long odds | |
| match(noun, opposition, rival, opponent, enemy) | |
| matter of ignorance(expression, idiom) |
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