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Recent Examples of also-ran
Instead, he feels treated as an also-ran in St. Paul’s five-way mayor’s race, which culminates with the Nov. 4 election.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Justine Lupe was kind of an also-ran in the personality Olympics that was Succession.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Despite this program's history, QB Diego Pavia and this Commodores are hardly some also-ran hoping for another miracle on Saturday night.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
The Brewers were an also-ran, the Tigers had an insurmountable lead in the AL Central and the Guardians had the fourth-worst record in the AL.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Justine Lupe was kind of an also-ran in the personality Olympics that was Succession.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Despite this program's history, QB Diego Pavia and this Commodores are hardly some also-ran hoping for another miracle on Saturday night.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
The Brewers were an also-ran, the Tigers had an insurmountable lead in the AL Central and the Guardians had the fourth-worst record in the AL.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for also-ran
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In other words, the vainly hopeful Larry is about to endure twin humiliations, leaving him feeling bumped out of his life and into the past—a has-been, instantly old.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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DiCaprio makes a great, vital has-been, squinting at the horrors around him in disbelief, but mostly, driven by the need to protect his child.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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Cocktails include classics like an Old Fashioned and new entrants, such as the Riviera cocktail.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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Five winners will be chosen at random for one prize each from the entire pool of entrants across all three platforms.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The company has previously stated that its first production vehicle is planned for market entry in 2027.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Santa Rosa Police Department said in a press release that officers responded to multiple reports of a shooting at the mall and found a 15-year-old boy who had been shot, with the bullet traveling through his body, leaving entry and exit wounds in his upper shoulder and mid-back area.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Also-ran.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/also-ran. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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