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Recent Examples of walkover
Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
This World Series won’t be a walkover.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
Sabalenka advanced to the semis via walkover when former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova withdrew with an injury.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The tournament announced Wednesday that Draper dropped out of the tournament with an injury and Zizou Bergs will be advancing to the third round by walkover.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Egypt, which was part of European qualifying, objected to being asked to play during Ramadan, giving Romania a walkover.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
This World Series won’t be a walkover.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
Sabalenka advanced to the semis via walkover when former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova withdrew with an injury.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The tournament announced Wednesday that Draper dropped out of the tournament with an injury and Zizou Bergs will be advancing to the third round by walkover.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walkover
Noun
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Recent earthquakes in this area have caused secondary hazards such as landslides that might have contributed to losses.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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Magyar will be helped by last weekend's landslide victory that gave him a supermajority, 137 of the National Assembly's 199 seats.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
19 Apr. 2026
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Fiapoto has previously been incarcerated for weapons charges, after a 2022 gang sweep in San Francisco.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The September 2025 order cleared the way for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to resume broad sweeps in Los Angeles, halting a lower court ruling that restricted ICE's practices.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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In the 2010s, 14% of November games were blowouts, and 15% of April games were blowouts.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Founding member and key trader Chris Cecere quit the firm despite Asymmetric’s blowout returns in 2024, according to a person who spoke with Cecere.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Senior attackman Enzo Serio continued his epic season, too, scoring a hat trick as the Eagles remained perfect (8-0) with a convincing 8-2 romp of archrival Xaverian at home.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Perrotta novel is a wisecracking romp; the film adaptation is transcendent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Braves jumped on the Phillies for seven runs in the first three innings on Friday at Citizens Bank Park and cruised to a 9-0 victory to open a three-game series.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
18 Apr. 2026
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Boys lacrosse In a nonleague contest, Matt Grafton notched five goals and four assists as Abington cruised to a 12-5 victory over Oliver Ames.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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Morris scooped the world in 1953 with the news of the British expedition’s conquest of Everest.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
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Simultaneously a declaration of Roman supremacy and an admission that conquest may be theft at scale, these Roman propaganda events were so terrifying that Cleopatra famously chose death over appearing in one.—
Mary Beard,
Big Think,
14 Apr. 2026
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This wasn’t a cushioned walkaway win against an overmatched opponent.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The big number: $2.25 million That’s roughly the walkaway money going to J.J. Spaun for winning the U.S. Open.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
19 June 2025
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“Walkover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walkover. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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