in the running

参赛,参加竞选

in the final analysis, in the first place, in the future, in the heat of, in the interest of, in the interest(s) of, in the interests of, in the issue, in the last place, in the least, in the light of, in the long run, in the main, in the mass, in the meantime, in the name of, in the nature of, in the negative, in the open, in the past, in the shape of, in the short term, in the strict sense, in the way, in the way of, in the world, in this case, in time, in time (for sb. to do), in toto, in touch, in truth, in turn, in unison, in use, in vain, in view of, in vitro, in-, in- (also il-, im-, ir-),