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• Only then will the Ravens make up ground on the front-runners.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 30 Mar. 2021
• Herschel Walker needs to make up ground in the last month.
  — NBC News, 9 Oct. 2022
• Toyota appears to be working overtime to make up ground in the race to electrify its lineup.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 8 Apr. 2023
• However, both also are in second place in their division and looking to make up ground.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
• The Orioles can technically make up ground on the Blue Jays with their six head-to-head matchups alone, but each loss against them or otherwise worsens their already-low odds.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022
• Tesla is still the overwhelming leader in the EV sector, but these delays are starting to let the competition make up ground.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2022
• Tampa Bay has played one more game this season, so Brees will have an additional chance to make up ground when the Buccaneers take their bye later this year.
  — Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 5 Nov. 2020
• The Islanders should have some more confidence after acquiring 30-goal scorer Bo Horvat from Vancouver, but still need to make up ground to get in.
  — Stephen Whyno, ajc, 5 Feb. 2023
• Major League Baseball’s balanced schedule creates fewer opportunities to make up ground — or build on a lead — in the division over the course of the season.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2023
• Players have gradually seen the luxury tax evolve into a de facto salary cap over the past two decades, and were determined to make up ground lost in previous CBAs.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2022
• Hood said there is still opportunity for the other candidates to make up ground with such a large portion of the electorate undecided and 49 days until the election.
  — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, ajc, 14 Sep. 2021
• The bounce in economically sensitive shares is helping the Dow make up ground in a market that for most of the year has been dominated by the safe, stay-at-home trade of technology companies.
  — Claire Ballentine, Bloomberg.com, 24 Nov. 2020
• The need to disassociate from Russia has spurred a miniature version of the space race; the company’s new owners are scrambling to make up ground in one of the few remaining realms where the Russians can still claim global dominance.
  — Alina Simone, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2022
• However, more adoption of these cybersecurity technologies will be needed to make up ground against the astronomical growth in cyber-attacks.
  — Michael E. Mann, Time, 9 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024