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Recent Examples of photo finish
The race appears headed for a photo finish.
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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
Beyond the dazzling jumps, daring descents and photo finishes lie lives shaped by sacrifice and sheer determination.
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Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
6 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
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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.
—
The Sports Desk,
NBC news,
12 Feb. 2026
Beyond the dazzling jumps, daring descents and photo finishes lie lives shaped by sacrifice and sheer determination.
—
Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
6 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for photo finish
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Readers can’t seem to get enough of thrillers and mysteries, and there’s no shortage of writers eager to deliver them.
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Obsession, the blockbuster horror thriller starring Inde Navarrette and Michael Johnston, hit another major box office milestone over the weekend.
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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 lightweight frames have rubber temple grips and adjustable nose pads.
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Next, the instructor tries luring the child back into the pool with a sparkly pink rubber duck, which does the trick.
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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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There is no sudden death or golden goal at the World Cup, which means the full extra-time period will be played no matter how many goals are scored.
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Paraguay then had two opportunities to win it but Antonio Sanabria (wide) and Fabian Balbuena (saved by Manuel Neuer) missed back-to-back penalties to take it to sudden death.
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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 7 Jul. 2026.
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