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Recent Examples of photo finish
In speedskating, the Netherlands’ Xandra Velzeboer won gold in the women’s 500-meter final, and her countryman Jens van ’t Wout won gold in the men’s 1,000 meters in a thrilling photo finish.
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The Sports Desk,
NBC news,
12 Feb. 2026
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.
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Maurizio Arseni,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Feb. 2026
But the good thing about horse racing is there are no judgment calls and if things are too close to call, there’s always the photo finish that takes overwhelmed officials out of the picture.
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Matt Young,
Houston Chronicle,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Sports Desk,
NBC news,
12 Feb. 2026
Showcase fresh summer stone fruit with a slab pie for a crowd that makes a photo finish with a lattice crust.
—
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
But the good thing about horse racing is there are no judgment calls and if things are too close to call, there’s always the photo finish that takes overwhelmed officials out of the picture.
—
Matt Young,
Houston Chronicle,
8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for photo finish
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The discourse regarding her previous movie, the social thriller Don’t Worry Darling, and the distractions around her personal life didn’t exactly do her any favors, either.
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Don’t Worry Darling, a thriller in the vein of The Stepford Wives, caused a media craze, to put it mildly.
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By then the Gallup poll had us in a dead heat.
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The 18th triple dead heat in modern thoroughbred history takes place in the ninth race at Arlington International Racecourse.
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In Hokum, the Cork native transports viewers to Ireland’s remote and possibly haunted Bilberry Woods Hotel alongside prickly American author Ohm Baumann (Adam Scott) for a good ol' fashioned hair-raiser of a ghost story.
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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.
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The mix runs almost dangerously hot, bruising kicks and red-lining riffs threatening to overwhelm the whole thing, and the sounds of revving engines at the beginning of most tracks underscore the sensation that we are gathered here today to burn rubber.
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Made with smooth leather uppers and grippy rubber outsoles, these shoes are practical enough to slip on for a day of sightseeing while also packing effortlessly into your carry-on without taking up valuable space.
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Miller-Meeks won the second race over Bohannan by a squeaker.
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Known for their indestructible qualities, each toy features a knotted rope, squeaker and crinkle, and spiked toy ball inside.
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Here's everything to know about his life today, 17 years after Michael Jackson's sudden death.
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The avatar on Bonsu Baah’s Instagram page is a photograph of his mother, whose sudden death four years ago triggered a change in his thinking.
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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.
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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.
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The State Department on Tuesday congratulated conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori after she was declared the winner of Peru’s presidential runoff election by a razor-thin margin.
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Hypoxia in the Long Island Sound, which usually occurs in the summer, is when bottom water oxygen levels fall to a critical low percentage due to nitrogen from water runoff and backyard fertilizer use.
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“Photo finish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photo%20finish. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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