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Recent Examples of underdog
Jean Lim Flores, a Korean American from Los Angeles, attributes it to both teams' underdog status.
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Juliana Kim, NPR, 17 June 2026
The joy was overwhelmingly palpable here in Houston, a place of some sort of underdog magic this week.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Or perhaps the book has a setting in academia, or the story centers on someone who’s confident when finding themselves in a fish-out-of-water/underdog/comeback situation.
—Kayla Olson, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
But Kansas City is the underdog.
—Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
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Juliana Kim, NPR, 17 June 2026
The joy was overwhelmingly palpable here in Houston, a place of some sort of underdog magic this week.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Or perhaps the book has a setting in academia, or the story centers on someone who’s confident when finding themselves in a fish-out-of-water/underdog/comeback situation.
—Kayla Olson, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
But Kansas City is the underdog.
—Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underdog
loser
Noun
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Many walk away losers while riding the gambling lightning.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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The loser of the WVU-Troy game will be eliminated from the College World Series.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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“Underdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdog. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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