underdog

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Recent Examples of underdog Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the team chaplain for the Loyola University Chicago basketball team who became a national celebrity during the school's 2018 underdog March Madness run, has died at 106. ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025 Oregon hosts Indiana in a top-10 showdown, Ohio State goes on the road against a top-20 team in Illinois, and Michigan is an underdog crossing three time zones to play at USC. Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 As a small betting-line underdog, Mizzou is facing its largest test of the season with Kalen DeBoer’s squad. Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025 And now, in its maturity, Romancelandia retains the features that served it so well as an underdog. Rebecca Ackermann, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for underdog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underdog
loser
Noun
  • The first person to stop drinking or vomit was deemed the loser of the challenge, the lawsuit said.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The Oilers, losers of two consecutive Stanley Cup Finals, enter the year as a title favorite.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025

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