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Recent Examples of second fiddle
The guy can command a screen without having to play second fiddle to an I.P. or prosthetics or a far more famous costar.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Viv never felt like a second fiddle, not at all.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Dignity has always played second fiddle to having fun.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
And then Horatio is one of those characters in this play that often kind of plays second fiddle, but is quite primary in this reframing of the play.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 June 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Viv never felt like a second fiddle, not at all.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Dignity has always played second fiddle to having fun.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
And then Horatio is one of those characters in this play that often kind of plays second fiddle, but is quite primary in this reframing of the play.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddle
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Across their first seven matches, Mikel Arteta’s team have used 40 minutes and six seconds taking corners — at least 11 minutes more than any other team.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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In less than a second, the ball was clutched in Grizzle’s outstretched arms before he was brought down to the turf, part blue and part orange.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Oct. 2025
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Steen, who is a special assistant to GM Doug Armstrong, joined the Blues in 2008.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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As Bond tells it, her assistant found Moo at a farm nearby.—
Anna Chan,
Billboard,
15 Oct. 2025
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Accessibility and Sustainability The lobby, rooftop, spa, and restaurants are all accessible to guests using mobility aids.—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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Sudan plunged into a civil war more than two years ago, sparking what aid organizations have described as one of the world’s worst displacement and hunger crises.—
Mark Scolforo,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Either way, how many missiles Ukraine ends up with should remain murky to dissuade Russia from launching its persistent cruise missile attacks on its neighbor, Dan Rice, a former aide to Ukraine's commander in chief and the president of American University Kyiv, told .—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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This summer, Madison Biedermann, a press aide, showed me around the Department of Education.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Similarly, about three-fourths of DEA agents, a third of US deputy marshals, and nearly all Homeland Security Investigations agents have been diverted to work on immigration, according to ICE documents detailing assignments through the end of August that were first obtained by the Cato Institute.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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Few do, and the only Chelsea player who springs to mind as being as exciting as Palmer on the ball would be a risky choice as his deputy.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2025
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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Schnurr came to Cincinnati in 2008 as coadjutor archbishop and took over as archbishop about a year later, upon the retirement of former Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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By 1997, he was named coadjutor archbishop of Buenos Aires, assuming full leadership of the archdiocese the following year.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Second fiddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second%20fiddle. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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