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Recent Examples of second fiddle
Dignity has always played second fiddle to having fun.
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
The Mets were never second fiddle, never the younger brother.
—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
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
The Mets were never second fiddle, never the younger brother.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddle
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In recognition for his outsized role on the show, Broder was immortalized with a cameo as the guy knocking on the Cheers bar door in the final seconds of the series finale.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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One of the males then mated with the female for 63 seconds, before the second male did the same, lasting 47 seconds.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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Take the power play out of the equation, because that was a team-wide issue (which may be resolved with new assistants to lead the way), and Barzal’s five-on-five numbers paint a stronger picture.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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During his tenure at ICM, Broder established an agent trainee program to help educate newcomers and boost the career prospects of assistants, coordinators, colleagues and young agents.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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Inside, the couple meet a mismatch of eccentric characters, like biker Eddie (Meat Loaf), butler Riff-Rat (O'Brien) and doting aid Columbia (Nell Campbell).—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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For its upcoming budget, officials plan to use federal pandemic aid to help fill the gap, MCTS Chief Administrative Officer Sandra Kellner said previously.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Immigrants make up 20% of doctors, 30% of construction workers and nearly 40% of home health aides.—
Kristie De Pena,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
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Nothing Harris says rivals or anonymous Biden aides is as mean as what Trump has said into microphones about Ron DeSantis.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Their work was supplemented by an internal staff of 55 deputy editor physicians, and external editors who are typically faculty professors at universities.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Tara Saunders, studio head of Larian Studios, continues as chair of the games committee, alongside deputy chair Des Gayle, founder of Altered Gene.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
24 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 29 Sep. 2025.
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