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Recent Examples of walkover
Noun
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 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 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, 8 Jan. 2026
  • When polls closed, Maduro rushed to claim victory—a claim the opposition forcefully disputed, showing proof that González had won in a landslide.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • As the song progresses, more elements—slow-moving filter sweeps, waltzing arpeggios, a deep and doomy bassline—appear and disappear, moving into the fore of the stereo field before corroding and flaking away.
    Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Layton frames these three in a sprawling, atmospheric LA noir with an impressive sweep reminiscent of William Friedkin at his best.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Razorbacks overcame a six-point hole at halftime with the Red Raiders and battled back from 21 points down to the Cougars to escape a blowout.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Elias Lindholm, who left Saturday’s blowout as a precaution because of a nagging injury, was back in the lineup.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In the film, Sandler compares listening to the bits — an elderly Jew talking about his romps through history — to hearing his own Jewish uncles talk in Florida.
    Stephen Silver, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Nala Williams and Kennedy Lee had double-doubles and six reserves played more than 10 minutes as San Diego State women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to 11 straight games with a 94-66 wire-to-wire romp over San Jose State on Saturday afternoon at Viejas Arena.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The winner of the runoff election will have a bit of a head start, but a Saturday victory isn’t a guarantee of the same outcome later this year.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Cruz spokesperson Macarena Martinez dismissed that, saying his outreach is aimed at keeping Texas Republican and ensuring a GOP victory in November.
    Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Now, she is being recast as a brilliant linguist who survived conquest, enslavement and patriarchy.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Tariffs, conquests; all are subverted to this man’s ego.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 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 1 Feb. 2026.

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