horse race

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horse race
Noun
  • Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen may have started dating around the same time as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, but their relationship is a completely different ball game.
    Glamour, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Curating a collection of inspiration photos is fun, but turning the vision board into reality is a different ball game.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Unfortunately for Detroit, the Minnesota Vikings continue to win, too, setting up what could be a photo finish in Week 18.
    Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In the men’s 100-meter final, Noah Lyles and six other runners were involved in a photo finish — 0.09 seconds separated Lyles from seventh place.
    The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • The blunder occurred during the triple toss-up round on Thursday, January 16.
    Aaron Rasmussen, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The predictions for the middle band of the U.S. are more of a toss-up.
    Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • An Israeli soldier was injured in the confrontation, the military said.
    Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Prosecutors say Scott, a Bradenton man, was among the first rioters to initiate physical confrontations with police on the Capitol steps, helping to lead the mob that breached the building.
    Michael Moore Jr., Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the early days of the war, Israel ordered a mass evacuation of northern Gaza and quickly sealed off the area after ground troops advanced.
    Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
  • One such project, Hideouts: The Architecture of Survival, examined nine hiding places used by Jews during the war.
    Natalia Romik / Madę by History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The game figures to be tight, and for a while now, coach Andy Reid’s Chiefs have been winning such duels.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
  • His brawn did not correlate with a ranking in the bottom seven per cent of defenders from Europe’s top five leagues for aerial duels won and in the bottom one per cent for tackles won.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Hegseth’s comments that women should have no role in military combat drew particular concern on Capitol Hill, including from lawmakers who served.
    Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Gone was the weekly speaker series that had been organized under the diversity program, which had brought in deaf people, combat veterans and others to share their experiences.
    Erica L. Green, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Why This Matters The ESA, enacted in 1973 to safeguard vulnerable species and their habitats, has long been a focal point of contention.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The key to that was elite special teams, namely a top power play that has proven to be the team’s bread and butter during their recent stretch of contention.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Horse race.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse%20race. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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