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Recent Examples of second fiddle
The Mets were never second fiddle, never the younger brother.
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Tim Britton, New York Times, 20 July 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
For most of the WSL season, Fox and Arsenal (15-4-3, 48) essentially played second fiddle to Chelsea, finishing 12 points behind their rivals.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
As a second fiddle to the much more expensive Pro R, the Pro S is a great option.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
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Tim Britton, New York Times, 20 July 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
For most of the WSL season, Fox and Arsenal (15-4-3, 48) essentially played second fiddle to Chelsea, finishing 12 points behind their rivals.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
As a second fiddle to the much more expensive Pro R, the Pro S is a great option.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddle
Noun
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Its systems act as a 3D camera, tracking up to 15,000 collisions each second.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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The irritability or walking into a room only to forget why seconds later.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Dia browser, a simpler option that allows people to chat with an AI assistant about multiple browser tabs at once, became available in beta in June.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Though the pair eventually found employment—Kornfeind as a trade compliance specialist and Raines as an administrative assistant at their alma mater—these accounts of the gauntlet facing recent college graduates are far from unique.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The sport is really just a pretext for a tale of cross-generational mutual aid that cares too much for its characters’ wider lives to take them too often to court.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Senior administration officials have told the Herald that the administration intends to continue supporting the Cuban people and allowing humanitarian aid to flow to the country.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Positive steps toward a reconciliation seemed to take place over the summer, with Prince Harry's aides and one of the King's key staffers meeting for the first time in July.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Comer has questioned the former president’s use of the autopen for pardons and executive orders and whether his aides covered up his cognitive decline.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Sep. 2025
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If the agency decides to pursue a full investigation, the release of any records related to the investigation will likely take three to six months, said Warren Flatau, deputy director of public affairs for the Federal Railroad Administration.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Luban Workshops, such as one in Egypt, got their start largely due to equipment exports, said Li Yunmei, deputy party secretary and president of the college.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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