Examples of neck and neck in a Sentence
a neck and neck finish in which only a fraction of a second separated the winner from the runner-up
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Despite entering this season with baseball’s second-highest payroll, neck and neck with the New York Mets, the Dodgers also have one of the best farm systems in MLB.
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Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Opinion polls before the election had put PAS, the party of President Maia Sandu, and the Patriotic Electoral Bloc neck and neck, with neither expected to get close to a majority.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift remain neck and neck in MTV Video Music Awards history after Lady Gaga won the artist of the year award for 2025.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
And literally from the offensive side of it, was literally neck and neck.
—Jon MacHota, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Opinion polls before the election had put PAS, the party of President Maia Sandu, and the Patriotic Electoral Bloc neck and neck, with neither expected to get close to a majority.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift remain neck and neck in MTV Video Music Awards history after Lady Gaga won the artist of the year award for 2025.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
And literally from the offensive side of it, was literally neck and neck.
—Jon MacHota, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for neck and neck
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“Neck and neck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neck%20and%20neck. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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