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Recent Examples of second fiddle
Ainslie also pushed back on the notion that SailGP played second fiddle to the America’s Cup.
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Andrew Rice, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
If hockey is forever doomed to play second fiddle to basketball here in the States—per EDO Ad EnGage estimates, the NHL this season generated $80.2 million in national TV ad revenue, versus $636.6 million for the NBA—the sport can put up big numbers given the right set of circumstances.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Apr. 2025
But for those in on the secret, places like Ocean Springs, Gulfport, and Bay St. Louis are hardly second fiddles.
—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
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Andrew Rice, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
If hockey is forever doomed to play second fiddle to basketball here in the States—per EDO Ad EnGage estimates, the NHL this season generated $80.2 million in national TV ad revenue, versus $636.6 million for the NBA—the sport can put up big numbers given the right set of circumstances.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Apr. 2025
But for those in on the secret, places like Ocean Springs, Gulfport, and Bay St. Louis are hardly second fiddles.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddle
Noun
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Gonzalez said his home run Friday, his second of the season, included a hunting trip.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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Free charts are often delayed by several seconds or more.—
David Materazzi,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Wiegman’s long-time assistant, Arjan Veurink, is to leave after the tournament to take over the Netherlands’ women’s team.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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This kind of human moderator review of chats is pretty common in the gaming world and can even apply to voice recordings made by various smart home assistants.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 June 2025
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Aid workers allege Israel’s backing of the groups is part of a wider effort to control all aid operations in the strip.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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Deaths at Gaza aid distribution hubs The closures came after a number of incidents in which Palestinians collecting aid from hubs have been killed.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
7 June 2025
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Trump’s political adviser and former White House aide Steve Bannon suggested the president should deport Musk back to his native South Africa.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Abbas’s aides rejected the idea that al Sheikh is an heir.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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Any deputies who fired their weapon will be placed on administrative assignment pending the outcome of the investigation.—
David Fleshler,
Sun Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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The White House deputy press secretary, Harrison Fields, said the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is creating media to support a particular political party on the taxpayers' dime.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 June 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 16 Jun. 2025.
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