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Recent Examples of second fiddle
The Acre Bar Program Starts in the Garden The drinks don’t play second fiddle—they’re just as considered as what’s coming out of the kitchen.
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Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
As a second fiddle to the much more expensive Pro R, the Pro S is a great option.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
Ainslie also pushed back on the notion that SailGP played second fiddle to the America’s Cup.
—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
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Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
As a second fiddle to the much more expensive Pro R, the Pro S is a great option.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
Ainslie also pushed back on the notion that SailGP played second fiddle to the America’s Cup.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddle
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The outing marked Charlotte's first time at the event and George's second.—
Kelsie Gibson,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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Early on July 4, the Guadalupe River at Kerrville was flowing at 3 cubic feet per second.—
Stephen J. Beard,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Joe Hubbard ’s administrative assistant was fired from her position on March 28, according to court documents.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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Jeremy has worked as a camera operator for weddings and as a production assistant.—
Sydni Ellis,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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As a part of Rubio’s reorganization, the State Department proposed a 50% reduction for aid to the world’s refugees in its 2026 budget request to Congress.—
Chris Boccia,
ABC News,
13 July 2025
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The 21-month war has left much of Gaza’s population of more than 2 million reliant on outside aid while food security experts warn of famine.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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Top Trump aide Stephen Miller in the spring demanded immigration agents rapidly increase arrests to 3,000 a day.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
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But critics say the pace of litigation has failed to meet the urgency of the moment, just as the president’s aides weigh whether to replicate their L.A. experiment elsewhere throughout the country.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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The incident that caused the three deputies' deaths is still under investigation by the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Fire Department.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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The deputies had served 19, 22 and 33 years in the department, Luna said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 July 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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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 26 Jul. 2025.
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