How to Use walkover in a Sentence
walkover
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So this week’s trip to face the Buckeyes should be a walkover, right?
—Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2021
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Then all of a sudden—Jo takes the floor herself to do a back walkover.
—Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 8 Mar. 2019
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No high-fives from fans during the walkover from the backside to the paddock.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2020
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People should never think that this is an easy walkover.
—Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 5 July 2023
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There, Cozens claimed the third-place finish with a walkover finish.
—Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 26 May 2023
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Boston College received a walkover when the Irish dropped out.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2021
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Even a second-round game Sunday against Missouri wouldn’t be a walkover.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 12 Mar. 2018
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Kong was awarded a walkover win when Del Norte’s Ayanna Shah pulled out with an injured neck.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
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But many players did not make it at all, which resulted in 30 walkovers in the first round of the men’s tournament and four more in the second round.
—New York Times, 27 May 2018
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Jack Sock, who won in a walkover when Raonic pulled out with a hamstring tear, will defend his title.
—Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2017
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The Bills travel to Miami this week, and all of a sudden the Dolphins aren’t a walkover opponent.
—Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2019
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After that, a team that withdraws will simply go home, and its opponent will get a walkover into the next round.
—Eddie Pells, Star Tribune, 15 Mar. 2021
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Granada will be no walkover for the spurting champions.
—SI.com, 21 Sep. 2019
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Even with that walkover, McIlroy still needed Kjeldsen to lose his second match to have any chance of advancing out of the round-robin group stage.
—The Associated Press, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2017
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This was not the walkover most were expecting against the unheralded Australians, though.
—Steve Douglas, ajc, 3 Dec. 2022
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He's been in power for half of his 66 years and extended his rule last month after his party's walkover election win.
—Matthew Pennington, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
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Andy Murray, but advanced in a walkover because Murray dealt with a bout of food poisoning.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 5 May 2022
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The Canadian had withdrawn from five events this year, and conceded walkovers at two others.
—USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2017
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Men’s sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas got a walkover in the second round when Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew because of a muscle strain.
—Howard Fendrich, SFChronicle.com, 21 Jan. 2020
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Pinellas County closed off 14 of 28 beach access walkovers in Indian Rocks Beach alone.
—Rebecca Blackwell and Laura Bargfeld, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023
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Barty and Australian partner John Peers, who are good family friends, took the bronze medal courtesy of a walkover because of Djokovic's injury.
—Andrew Dampf, Star Tribune, 31 July 2021
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Kyrgios got a walkover to the final after Rafael Nadal withdrew due to a torn abdominal muscle.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 9 July 2022
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Even in a walkover like this, a stat-padding party if ever there was one, there could be no letdown in focus and intensity.
—Mike Berardino, Indianapolis Star, 14 Sep. 2019
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Osaka advanced to the third round via walkover Wednesday, while Barty will play her second-round match Thursday.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
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John Isner, meanwhile, withdrew because of a wrist injury, sending No. 28 seed Holger Rune into the third round with a walkover.
—Brian Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022
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Djokovic received a walkover in the second round because his opponent, Jiri Vesely, had a forearm injury.
—Naila-Jean Meyers, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2016
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Although the Hornets got some reinforcement and suited up 11 players, Friday had the makings of a walkover for Dallas.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
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None of the above would be a walkover, especially considering England have won just two World Cup knockout fixtures since 1990.
—SI.com, 5 June 2018
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Tammy Marris said he's been told to stay off the beach and walkovers for six months for violating an ordinance that prohibits soliciting on the beach.
—Time, 3 Aug. 2017
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In leading Michigan to a 35–14 win from there, Peters put the doom-and-gloom forecast for the offense on temporary hiatus and ensured that the Wolverines won’t be a total walkover in November.
—Eric Single, SI.com, 28 Oct. 2017
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