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Recent Examples of photo finish
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
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
Their photo finish was punctuated with wide smiles.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
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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
Their photo finish was punctuated with wide smiles.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for photo finish
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The sci-fi thriller follows junior high teacher Ryland Grace (played by Ryan Gosling), who wakes from a coma alone on a spaceship.—
Brittany Anas,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Feb. 2026
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Microdramas are associated with low-cost romance, but producers are now expanding into thrillers and true crime and adapting premium IP, added GammaTime’s Alex Montalvo.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
27 Feb. 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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That puts it in a dead heat with even more highly funded rival OpenAI, in a race to the public markets.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
3 Dec. 2025
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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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The smooth black leather and wood-look rubber soles are perfect for elevating your office attire without distracting from the rest of your outfit.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2026
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Thanks to the rubber slip-resistant outsole, these loafers provide great stability, especially on icy and muddy ground in winter and spring.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
5 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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The family of Deadliest Catch deckhand Todd Meadows is voicing their grief following news of his sudden death.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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His sudden death sent shockwaves through the music world and plunged his fans around the world into mourning.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
4 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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In Texas, if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the top two contenders advance to a runoff.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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But public and private polling put Cornyn well below the 50% required to prevent a May runoff against Paxton and Hunt.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Photo finish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photo%20finish. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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