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Recent Examples of underdog
Mike Tomlin is great as a home underdog (21-6-3 run), but Steelers are a home team here only ostensibly.
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Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Murray brought Lucas, the soulful underdog of One Tree Hill, to life.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Los Angeles was a 3½-point underdog against the Eagles.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
But from a financial standpoint, vaccines have always been a bit of an underdog for pharmaceutical companies.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
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Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Murray brought Lucas, the soulful underdog of One Tree Hill, to life.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Los Angeles was a 3½-point underdog against the Eagles.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
But from a financial standpoint, vaccines have always been a bit of an underdog for pharmaceutical companies.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underdog
loser
Noun
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Sunday’s loser will see its playoff hopes realistically fade to black.—
Greg Cote
October 2,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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However, one of the reasons the Red Sox were 4-3 losers to the Yankees is that Cora can’t pull a lever that’ll ensure that his players — such as, oh, Ceddanne Rafaela — deliver a sacrifice bunt in a key situation.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Underdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdog. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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