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the horses crossed the finish line in a dead heat
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Canadians will vote on April 28 in a race that right now has the Liberals and the Conservatives in a dead heat.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2025
Polls show the race between the Vice President and Donald Trump is more or less a dead heat across the seven key battleground states.
—Charlotte Alter, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
With him, Los Gatos battled league leader Palo Alto to a dead heat for three quarters, then lost contact in the fourth quarter and fell 57-47.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
The contest between Trump and Harris was not a statistical dead heat, as so many in the media reported prior to election day.
—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2025
Polls show the race between the Vice President and Donald Trump is more or less a dead heat across the seven key battleground states.
—Charlotte Alter, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
With him, Los Gatos battled league leader Palo Alto to a dead heat for three quarters, then lost contact in the fourth quarter and fell 57-47.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
The contest between Trump and Harris was not a statistical dead heat, as so many in the media reported prior to election day.
—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dead heat
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“Dead heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20heat. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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