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Noun
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 While every Florida fan remembers the trauma of losing to then-FCS Georgia Southern in 2013, this should be a walkover. Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for walkover
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walkover
Noun
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • After winning a landslide victory earlier this year that put her Liberal Democratic Party in the driver’s seat, Takaichi now needs to deliver on the fundamental, kitchen-table issues facing the Japanese economy.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Jessie Buckley’s Best Actress sweep helped that film bring in over 8,000 points relative to its $20 price tag.
    Justin Segrest, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Under Noem, intense enforcement operations were launched in places including Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis, where immigrants were rounded up in arrest sweeps and protesters clashed with federal officers.
    Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Going into Saturday night, the Wildcats had allowed only one kill shot all season, the fewest in college basketball, and that came in mop-up duty in a blowout win over Norfolk State in November.
    CJ Moore, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
  • According to the Republican pollster and strategist Ross Hunt, Wambsganss’s loss, which was a blowout, was due less to mobilized Democrats than to independent and Republican voters turning against her.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Thus begins an intense romp through New York’s finest restaurants when Bernice — who realizes the NYPD doesn’t know their aspics from a hole in the ground — decides to get the scoop of the decade by finding Tirel’s killer herself.
    Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The pieces are all in place for a viciously enjoyable midnight action romp, which the film most certainly is when the bloodshed first begins.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Nathan MacKinnon had three assists in Colorado's 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night, helping the Avalanche become the first NHL team to clinch a playoff spot this season.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 points and 15 rebounds, and the New York Knicks outlasted the Brooklyn Nets 93-92 on Friday night for their fourth consecutive victory.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Ours are quests that lead to questions rather than conquests – journeys that gather instead of conquer.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Hauser stressed that the site could shed new light on the Parthian Empire, which controlled the city centuries after Alexander's conquest.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This wasn’t a cushioned walkaway win against an overmatched opponent.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • 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 23 Mar. 2026.

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