How to Use dead heat in a Sentence

dead heat

noun

• The latest polls show both Trump and Biden in a dead heat.
  — Mark Wasson, Twin Cities, 2 June 2024
• Trump has a tiny edge The polling suggests that the race is close to a dead heat.
  — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
• Polls show the race in the battleground state in a dead heat.
  — NBC News, 30 Oct. 2020
• The race between the Packers and the Cowboys for the sixth spot was a dead heat.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2020
• The two candidates are in a dead heat, and if neither earns 50% of the vote, the race goes to a runoff.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2020
• Still, 538 cautions that the race remains in a dead heat.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2024
• Part of the problem was public polls that showed Biden and Trump in a dead heat.
  — Dallas News, 5 Nov. 2020
• That’s in line with a flurry of polls showing a dead heat.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2020
• But a Thunder win would pull them into a dead heat for the No.
  — Joe Freeman, OregonLive.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• The tactic seems to be working; polls show that Youngkin has gained on McAuliffe, and the race is a dead heat.
  — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021
• Recent polling has the Abrams-Kemp contest as a dead heat.
  — Celeste Katz, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2018
• President Trump is locked in a dead heat with Joe Biden in the long-red state.
  — Alexandra Desanctis, National Review, 30 Oct. 2020
• At 59-55, and now in a dead heat with the Braves in the East, the Phillies believe there’s no reason to fear what’s around the corner.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2021
• Polling suggests that Gillespie and Northam are in a dead heat.
  — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2017
• And talking about young men, who have been flocking to Trump in a race that’s in a dead heat.
  — Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
• Within a couple of weeks of the ad's airing, the race narrowed to a dead heat.
  — Joe Trippi, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2017
• Polls have the Vance-Ryan race as a dead heat, well within the margin of error.
  — David Jackson, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2022
• The presidential race is neck and neck, a toss-up, a dead heat.
  — Jack Schlossberg, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2024
• The owners of the horses finishing in the dead heat will pay equal shares of the jockey fees.
  — Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 1 May 2021
• Polling in the final days before Tuesday’s vote shows the race is a three-way dead heat.
  — Reid J. Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2022
• The Monmouth poll had the two in a dead heat, 46% to 46%, with registered voters.
  — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2021
• The contest is a dead heat after last week’s debate — or close to it.
  — Mark Murray, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2022
• Floor wars are being fought in homes across America, and the two sides are in a dead heat.
  — Marni Jameson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• Owens, by contrast, took in a huge $2.5 million haul in the third quarter of this year, and polling has the race at a dead heat.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• The latest betting odds have Peña and Rodriguez in a dead heat for rookie of the year with both at +210.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 6 June 2022
• Harris and Trump are statistically tied in the race to the White House, and in a dead heat in the key swing states.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
• The first dead heat for the win during the meeting turned into a bonus race for trainer John Sadler.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2021
• Hit Show and Angel of Empire finished in a dead heat for fourth.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
• President-elect Joe Biden was in a dead heat with Trump for the district, winning 48.6 % of the vote.
  — Paul Cobler, Dallas News, 27 Nov. 2020
• Here are the latest betting odds, which are currently in a dead heat with spread tied at zero.
  — Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024