Historical clue formulations

• "Put a sock ___!" — 2026-06-09
• Still fighting — 2026-03-29
• Still alive, so to speak — 2025-06-08
• "What's ___ for me?" — 2025-02-24
• Still contending — 2025-01-07
• Still standing, so to speak — 2024-09-17
• Still alive — 2024-06-28
• Still competing — 2024-06-04
• Not eliminated yet — 2024-06-02
• Still competitive — 2024-05-03
• Still able to win — 2024-01-03
• Still a contender — 2023-12-02
• Still fighting — 2023-07-29
• Still fighting — 2023-06-25
• Still competing — 2022-11-06
• Not out of the running — 2022-09-19
• Not out of the running — 2022-09-18
• Still competing — 2022-09-11
• Still a contender — 2022-07-28
• Still having a shot at winning — 2022-06-12
• Contending — 2022-05-20
• ___ for the long haul — 2022-04-11
• Monogram part: Abbr. — 2022-03-02
• Still alive, so to speak — 2021-11-06
• Not eliminated — 2020-10-10
• Participating — 2020-03-10
• Not yet out of the running — 2020-02-19
• Not yet out of contention — 2020-01-07
• "What's ___ for me?" — 2019-10-29
• Monogram component: Abbr. — 2019-08-20
• Not yet out of the running — 2019-05-22
• J. Edgar Hoover used one: Abbr. — 2019-01-09
• Still vying — 2018-09-14
• "What's ___ for me?" — 2018-09-04
• Part of a competition — 2018-06-07
• Still a contender — 2018-02-18
• Still competing — 2017-12-07
• Rolling ___ (wealthy) — 2017-07-26
• Participating — 2016-11-07
• Competing — 2016-06-23
• One of two in 27-Down: Abbr. — 2016-01-02
• One of three for J. R. R. Tolkien: Abbr. — 2015-10-25
• Rolling ___ (rich) — 2015-02-18
• "What's ___ for me?" — 2014-10-27
• Monogram letter: Abbr. — 2014-05-05
• Part of U.S.: Abbr. — 2014-01-05
• Not yet out of the running — 2013-04-11
• Rolling ___ (rich) — 2012-01-15
• Still contending — 2011-05-27
• Not out of the running — 2011-01-27