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Recent Examples of photo finish
Showcase fresh summer stone fruit with a slab pie for a crowd that makes a photo finish with a lattice crust.
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
The company offers its virtual photo finish, by contrast, as a visualization tool for spectators and commentators.
—Maurizio Arseni, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
Kenyan runners dominated the 54th annual event Sunday, with Benson Kipruto pulling off an unbelievable photo finish to win the men’s championship and Hellen Obiri taking home the women’s win and setting a course record in the process.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2025
Kenya’s Benson Kipruto crossed the finish line a split second in front of Alexander Mutiso in a photo finish.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
The company offers its virtual photo finish, by contrast, as a visualization tool for spectators and commentators.
—Maurizio Arseni, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
Kenyan runners dominated the 54th annual event Sunday, with Benson Kipruto pulling off an unbelievable photo finish to win the men’s championship and Hellen Obiri taking home the women’s win and setting a course record in the process.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2025
Kenya’s Benson Kipruto crossed the finish line a split second in front of Alexander Mutiso in a photo finish.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for photo finish
Noun
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March Madness Sweet Sixteen thriller that advances Duke to its 13th Elite Eight.—
Joe Davidson
March 27,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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The film is a thriller, a spiritual journey and a tragic comedy, and includes flashbacks to Alighieri’s life (Isaac plays the poet as well).—
G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026
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But the mayor’s race had ended in a dead heat Tuesday night, with six votes separating Thomson and candidate Mike Liebelson.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2026
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As recently as Wednesday, Warsh and Hassett were in a near dead heat.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2026
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The streamer has a deep bench of horror films from all eras of cinema among its offerings, from influential classics like Nosferatu (1922) to newer hair-raisers like Possessor (2020), and all kinds of thrillers and chillers in between.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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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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This lightweight, cushy trainer has sticky rubber under the forefoot for quick toe-offs.—
Lisa Jhung,
Outside,
26 Mar. 2026
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It’s covered in a matte, textured rubber, and the rails that flank the running belt are thick enough to comfortably stand on and don’t flex.—
Craig Rawlins-Wilson,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Their second loss was a quarterfinal squeaker that dashed their medal hopes.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
23 Feb. 2026
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In the math of the midterms, a handful of statistics can signal the odds of a squeaker or a tsunami, of a Democratic sweep or the resilience of the Republican status quo.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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Former Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner withdrew from consideration after the sudden death of his 22-year-old daughter, Emily, in January.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Paktiawal had no pre-existing medical conditions, according to his family and ICE, and his sudden death is still under investigation.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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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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Since the election has been formally called, publicly noticed and mail-in ballots are already in motion, the runoff date can only be changed by a court order, said Diaz.—
Lauren Costantino
March 30,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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In 2013, Sanford won back his old congressional seat by defeating 15 other candidates in a primary and runoff.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Photo finish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photo%20finish. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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