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Recent Examples of photo finish
Tanzania’s Alphonce Felilx Simbu won the world marathon championship via an incredible photo finish.
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Chris Branch, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Sometimes, awards voting can be a photo finish.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
What followed was a nitpicking, photo finish of a taste test.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
James Comey, in a photo finish with a grand jury, was swooning over and quoting Taylor Swift.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
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Chris Branch, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Sometimes, awards voting can be a photo finish.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
What followed was a nitpicking, photo finish of a taste test.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
James Comey, in a photo finish with a grand jury, was swooning over and quoting Taylor Swift.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for photo finish
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After the parade came the rally at the stadium, which a week ago featured an 18-inning thriller in Game Three — tying it for the longest World Series game ever.—
Steve Futterman,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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The supernatural thriller follows Bua, a woman pushed to her breaking point after nearly losing her job and facing the inability to pay for her blind sister’s treatment.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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An Emerson College poll in September showed the race in a dead heat at 43%.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Oct. 2025
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New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill, meanwhile, is in a dead heat against Republican Jack Ciattarelli based on recent polling in that race.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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And the Halloween-eve hair-raiser adds a cackling skeleton to a horror arcade of ghoulish news for EVs.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2023
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The rubber outsole delivers great traction and flexibility, and the Ghillie lacing system uses loops instead of eyelets to better enhance the overall snugness and stability of the shoe once it's tied.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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Landscape cloth, black plastic, rocks, or shredded rubber are inorganic mulches.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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Jonas Brodin, playing with a mangled finger, scored on a squeaker and had an assist.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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The Dodgers’ two wins were both rare species – another complete game from Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the 18-inning squeaker that could’ve gone either way.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Context Jankavski's sudden death has left her fans reeling.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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After initially being classified as a sudden death report, the investigation is now being classed as a murder case, the outlet stated, citing local police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Directed by Nelicia Low, the suspenser follows a young fencer struggling with keeping his secret crush on a fellow fencer from his homophobic mother.—
Vivienne Chow,
Variety,
17 May 2022
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On the other hand, the story introduces fictional characters and elements that give it the air of a suspenser, exactly the sort for which Harris is so popular.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Jan. 2022
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet and Republican Leigh Wambsganss are headed to a runoff in the race to fill the vacant District 9 state Senate seat, with Rehmet winning the most votes overall in the historically red area.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Nov. 2025
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Miami-Dade County Commissioner Eileen Higgins and former Miami City Manager Emilio González are headed to a runoff in the Miami mayor’s race after neither candidate managed to secure more than 50% of the vote Tuesday night.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Photo finish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photo%20finish. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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