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After publishing her initial post on Reddit while the bidding was in a dead heat, the user shared an update that her former friends came back with a higher offer, establishing themselves as the front runners.—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025 Surveys ahead of Election Day found the two candidates in a virtual dead heat nationally and in several key swing states.—ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024 This means that the characterization provided by most pollsters, that the contest was a dead heat, were driven by factors that were largely irrelevant.—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025 Polling has showed the race in a dead heat in Nevada, but also in six other swing states.—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dead heat
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