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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddles
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Her nine rebounds were critical and her one assist was perhaps the most important pass of the night, finding Whitcomb in the waning seconds of regulation.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025 -
Baltimore wouldn’t score again until 29 seconds remaining in the game.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Antonio, Miss Joan, and Yuchen show up to be the assistants to Jesus, Veejay, and Ethan, respectively, and then everyone gets to work.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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OpenAI’s move toward proactive assistants Pulse follows OpenAI's January introduction of Tasks, a feature that lets Plus and Pro subscribers schedule ChatGPT to perform specific actions at set times.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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Farmacy started with products like edibles, flower, and concentrates and have continued to build with beverages, capsules, cartridges, pre-rolls and extracts for vaping, tinctures, CBD topicals and sleep aids.—
Shawn Price,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Standard features are generous with larger infotainment displays and driver aids and the warranty coverage is strong.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Five months later, deputies responded after an anonymous caller complained about a loud party with underage drinking at the same Anderson Township home.—
Erin Glynn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Sep. 2025
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Evidence found at the scene showed Lopez had fired multiple gunshots, but officials didn’t specify his motive, deputies said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Washington Post reported administrations had often previously asked lawmakers for permission to move money toward the end of the fiscal year on September 30, but two unnamed congressional aides told the paper the request was far larger than normal.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Judge Nathalie Gavarino ruled that Sarkozy had allowed close aides to reach out to Libyan officials in order to obtain campaign finances, but the court ruled that there was not enough evidence to confirm that Sarkozy was the beneficiary of these efforts.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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Over eight episodes, the brothers find themselves at the mercy of Mancuso — a former family friend — and his vicious henchmen, and they are forced to confront the emotional scars of growing up with an alcoholic father, who had gambled away his own restaurant.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Sep. 2025
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At the end of the episode, tragedy strikes when Robbie’s latest robbery ends in one of his henchmen and all of the drug house’s attendants dying.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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Rapidly spreading its toxic influence across the lands, Magatsu and its minions are a world-ending threat, and the early tutorial bit sees players square up against the baddie only to ultimately lose.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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What made Armani’s designs so appealing to Ovitz and his minions wasn’t just their confident power-suit cut.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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Its purpose is to maximize the president’s control over our lives, enrich his family, reward his lackeys and punish his critics.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Matthew quickly schemes his way into Oliver’s orbit after that first performance, impressing and rankling the group of lackeys in his entourage at the same time.—
Eric Torres,
Pitchfork,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Second fiddles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second%20fiddles. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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