- 1Ahead in a race or other competition.More example sentences
- The mob heat is off the competition as last year's front-running nominee The Sopranos was out of the running because new episodes didn't show during this year's eligibility period.
- It escalated in the March 2002 race at Bristol, where Busch bumped front-running Spencer out of the way and went on to his first Winston Cup victory.
- When Dole dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination, he joined the front-running campaign of Bush and soon became its press mouthpiece.
- 1.1(Of an athlete or horse) running best when in front of the field.More example sentences
- ‘The long stretch can be pretty taxing on a front-running horse,’ winning jockey Robert Landry said.
- I think Santa Anita is going to favor a front-running horse, so that would work against us.
- The fast front-running filly from Yorkshire has galloped into the hearts of punters and racegoers like few Flat racehorses of the modern era, with the exception of the ill-fated Persian Punch, writes Tim Richards.
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- 1 Stock Exchange The practice by market-makers of dealing on advance information provided by their brokers and investment analysts, before their clients have been given the information.More example sentences
- Such dicey practices as insider trading and front-running have long been rampant in Moscow's bourses.
- Such front-running would boost the funds' costs by driving stock prices up or down before they could adjust their portfolios, the industry argued.
- Mr Killian asked Mr Baker whether he was talking about front-running, which Mr Baker denied.
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