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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.
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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.
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Kayla Olson,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
But Kansas City is the underdog.
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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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There, by definition, each match has to have a winner and a loser, so any match that ends in a draw proceeds to two 15-minute periods of overtime, and, if that fails to untie the score, a penalty kick shootout.
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The loser of Saturday’s match in Kansas City will finish third in this group.
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“Underdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdog. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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