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Recent Examples of second fiddle
But for those in on the secret, places like Ocean Springs, Gulfport, and Bay St. Louis are hardly second fiddles.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
But neither of those roles were true romantic leads, playing second fiddle to other narrative arcs.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
However things shake out over the next few weeks, the men’s championship game is all but guaranteed to step up again after playing second fiddle to the women’s tilt a year ago.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Nylander often plays second fiddle in the Leafs offence, but that won’t be the case in the 4 Nations Face-Off.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
But neither of those roles were true romantic leads, playing second fiddle to other narrative arcs.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
However things shake out over the next few weeks, the men’s championship game is all but guaranteed to step up again after playing second fiddle to the women’s tilt a year ago.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Nylander often plays second fiddle in the Leafs offence, but that won’t be the case in the 4 Nations Face-Off.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddle
Noun
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As a result, the gold exists for only a fleeting fraction of a second.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
13 May 2025
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The Alameda Wine Competition has four parts: one that judges wines made strictly from Alameda County fruit, a second that welcomes blends from all over California, a third that focuses on exclusively sauvignon blanc and a fourth that does the same for zinfandel.—
Laura Ness,
Mercury News,
13 May 2025
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The prosecution first brought forward former InterContinental Hotel assistant security director Israel Florez, now an LAPD officer.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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To answer them, our own Adam Tyner teamed up with Matt Giani, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and his graduate assistant, Franchesca Lyra.—
Michael J. Petrilli,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Sanctions have severely restricted the Syrian economy, affecting everything from imports to humanitarian aid.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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For more than ten weeks, Israel has halted the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, to pressure Hamas to release Israeli hostages.—
NPR,
NPR,
14 May 2025
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Clooney ultimately decided to write the New York Times op-ed, sending a copy to film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, a major Biden fundraiser, and senior Biden aide Steve Ricchetti, before its publication.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Former Kelly aide Adal Regis of Chicago announced his 2nd Congressional District candidacy.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Alexandra Shapiro Alexandra Shapiro brings over 30 years of appellate experience to Combs' legal team, having served as the deputy chief of appeals for the United States attorney's office in Manhattan and an attorney-adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
8 May 2025
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Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies and marine units assisted with the search and recovery.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 May 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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In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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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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Coyne was named archbishop coadjutor on June 25, 2023.—
Ed Stannard,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2024
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“Second fiddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second%20fiddle. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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