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• Thanks in part to Little, the Cobras are still in the hunt for the top prize.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
• The Voice has reached the Playoffs phase and Huntley is, well, very much in the hunt.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2023
• The Seahawks were in the hunt for the playoffs in 2023 as well, but fell one game short.
  — Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
• The public was vital in the hunt for the London 7/21 bombers.
  — Barry Levitt, Time, 1 July 2025
• The Wild rallied past the Blackhawks on Monday to stay in the hunt.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
• There are eight teams left in the hunt for the Super Bowl title.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Jan. 2024
• Be in the hunt, and when things break right championships will come.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2024
• Roberts has one in eight seasons and his teams have been in the hunt every year.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 26 Sep. 2024
• Look for all three to be in the hunt again and likely will make long playoff runs.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
• Gilroy was still in the hunt, trailing Monterey by 15 points.
  — Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
• So Dallas is in the hunt, and Vegas knows its way around the playoffs.
  — Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
• As the sea ice thins in the Arctic, more and more polar bears are driven south in the hunt for food.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 1 June 2022
• Even if the Rangers are in the hunt for a wild-card spot, Drury might start looking beyond this year.
  — Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
• As painful as that was, the Bolts have flourished and are still in the hunt for the Atlantic Division.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
• Jefferson Democrats The Democrats came up just short in the hunt for a league title last year.
  — Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2023
• Those are the kinds of factors that can pay real dividends for a team in the hunt.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
• Estévez's market is likely to heat up over the next few weeks as the Reds remain in the hunt.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
• With the win Wisconsin remains in the hunt for the 10th seed for the Big Ten tournament and a first-round bye.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
• Biles next competes in the team final on Tuesday, where the U.S. women will be in the hunt for a gold medal.
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024
• In a departure from the norm, the host Oregon Ducks don’t figure to be in the hunt for a team trophy.
  — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 7 June 2022
• Ho-hum, on pace for another 100-point season, once again in the hunt.
  — Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
• The Boston Red Sox, despite ranking sixth in scoring, are in the hunt, too.
  — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
• Notably, Rory McIlroy is in the hunt at three strokes back.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
• With three laps, 1,200 meters to go, Dellinger was back in the hunt in a nine-man pack still led by Clarke with Jazy on his shoulder.
  — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
• The Angels fell to 45-42 with Monday’s loss but are in the hunt for an American League wild-card spot.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023
• That is, if the Giants’ bats can perform well enough to keep them in the hunt for a playoff spot between now and then.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
• Radziwill says the work represents the first new idea in the hunt for zeta zeros in 50 years.
  — Byzack Savitsky, science.org, 29 July 2024
• And then there are the Red Sox, who have survived a near-daily barrage of injuries to remain in the hunt.
  — Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
• After all, those are the ones who kept them in the hunt for a playoff berth while LeBron was nursing his sore foot!
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2023
• With the right moves in the recruiting and transfer portal markets, the Wolverines could be back in the hunt in the very near future.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025