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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.
—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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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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In fact, one of my chief complaints about some contemporary thrillers is the feeling that characters are required to do dumb stuff by the unseen hand of the author, just so more crazy twists can happen.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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The crime thriller is understood to also be a political and moral fable, as the title, which is a nod to Greek mythology, hints at.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Forecasts rate Ohio's Senate race as a toss-up, and most surveys have it a dead heat.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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If two horses hit the wire at the exact same time it’s called a dead heat.—
Neil Greenberg,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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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.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
4 May 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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Made from Italian leather and suede, the shoes feature flexible, yet durable, rubber outsoles and Ortholite insoles for all-day comfort.—
Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2026
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The shoes are built with a premium satin upper, a vegan insole and a leather-rubber outsole for comfort.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Known for their indestructible qualities, each toy features a knotted rope, squeaker and crinkle, and spiked toy ball inside.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
11 May 2026
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The two tennis powers met for the CIF San Diego Section Open Division boys championship Friday night at Barnes Tennis Center and Torrey Pines pulled out a 10-8 squeaker in a match that lasted nearly four hours.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Seventeen years after her sudden death, the actress was remembered by Joely on what would've been Natasha's 63rd birthday on Monday, May 11.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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Richard Simmons' longtime house manager is sharing new details about the fitness icon's decade-long retreat from the public eye and his sudden death following a fall.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 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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Glass bottles of water (the resort has its own filtration plant) replace single-use plastic, and the property reuses most of its runoff water for the gardens.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 May 2026
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The current system allows the top two candidates, regardless of party, to move on to the runoff.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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“Photo finish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photo%20finish. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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