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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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Southeast Alaska, largely encompassed by a temperate rainforest, is no stranger to landslides.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Rockies completed a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros on Wednesday, moving to 6-6 early in the 2026 season.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Texas Rangers used solid pitching and timely hitting to the sweep the Seattle Mariners, 3-0, Wednesday at Globe Life Field.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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Don’t tell the Nuggets this was the year of the blowout.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Raptors’ loss — plus the Atlanta Hawks’ blowout of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday — flipped the fifth and sixth seed standings in the Eastern Conference.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Jesse Peno paced things offensively, sniping six goals while dishing out a pair of assists as Nauset coasted to a 20-8 romp of Cape and Islands League rival Sandwich.—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The new couple who will be at the center of the next installment of Jess Brownell’s Regency romp.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2026
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The first-year Knicks head coach also used the same amount — and same exact players — in a potential first-round series preview in Monday’s 108-105 victory on the road against the Atlanta Hawks.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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But a straight victory will not be enough to remake Hungary.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Situated at the crossroads of empires — from Persian and Roman to Byzantine, Arab, and Ottoman — it has long been shaped by conquest and survival.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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One of the contributors to Albuquerque’s conquest was the Hindu population in Goa, which, fearing extinction, had not supported the Muslim rule under Yusuf Adil Shah.—
Sanat Pai RaikarAll,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 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 14 Apr. 2026.
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