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Recent Examples of walkover
Noun
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 His second-round opponent, Zizou Bergs of Belgium, advances to the third round via walkover. Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 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 In a deep red congressional district, the general election was a walkover. Kirby Wilson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for walkover
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walkover
Noun
  • Sliwa has hosted various radio talk shows for decades and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2021, losing in a landslide to current Democratic mayor Eric Adams.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The tragic death of the Sepulveda family patriarch calls his descendants back to Villa Sepulveda, a Spanish colonial manor in a coconut plantation; but a landslide traps the guests inside, transforming the funeral plans into a supernatural reckoning of sins.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Floors would get a quick sweep with areas that required heavier foot traffic being more thoroughly cleaned and perhaps even mopped daily.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Sheila Chepkirui, the 2024 NYCM champion, wrapped up the Kenyan podium sweep of the women’s pro race.
    Bette Canter, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Adebayo only scored four points and didn’t hit another three-pointer after his first-quarter eruption, but the Heat still cruised to a blowout win behind its balanced attack.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Weathering the team's quarterback crisis, Jefferson reached a boiling point on Thursday night during a blowout loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
    Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Following Baltimore's 28-6 romp over the Dolphins last night, the division standings entering this weekend are led by 4-3 Pittsburgh, followed by 3-5 Cincinnati, 3-5 Baltimore and 2-6 Cleveland.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Lily, Herman and Grandpa all return with the help of some horror legends like Dee Wallace and Cassandra Peterson — better known as Elvira — to bring the wacky romp back to life in vibrant color.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Los Angeles — Thousands of fans lined the streets of downtown Los Angeles for a second year in a row to celebrate another Dodgers’ World Series victory.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The victory was another regular-season notch on Allen’s belt over Mahomes.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Layoffs are never an easy part of a post-merger integration process in terms of employee morale, but for Ellison and his management team there is also the matter of the company’s next M&A conquest.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Much of the conquest talk indeed was nothing more than aspirational propaganda.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
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 6 Nov. 2025.

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