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Hector Vivas / Getty Images The race was so close that even the commentators nearly called the wrong winner before the photo finish, which showed Lyles first to lean over the finish line even as others managed to step over it before him.
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Josh Feldman, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2024
The stakes couldn’t be higher in a race that shows ample signs of a photo finish on Nov. 5.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
Noah Lyles wins gold in epic photo finish Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP - Getty Images
Lyles earned his first gold medal in 9.79 seconds, which was a personal best.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
In fact, that happened on Aug. 4 during the men's 100m final when the gold medal recipient came down to a photo finish.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
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Josh Feldman, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2024
The stakes couldn’t be higher in a race that shows ample signs of a photo finish on Nov. 5.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
Noah Lyles wins gold in epic photo finish Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP - Getty Images
Lyles earned his first gold medal in 9.79 seconds, which was a personal best.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
In fact, that happened on Aug. 4 during the men's 100m final when the gold medal recipient came down to a photo finish.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
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Based on the Robert Harris thriller of the same name, the film stars Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence, who is charged with overseeing the election of a new pope after the current pope dies.Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024
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His first film to be released since 2019 was this year’s French thriller The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure.Angel Saunders, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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The upcoming election is only days away, and the two presidential candidates remain in a statistical dead heat.Dan Doonan, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Still, 538 cautions that the race remains in a dead heat.Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2024
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The protective and abrasion-resistant rubber toe cap is reinforced with a breathable mesh lining so if your feet tend to sweat during long hikes, this is your ideal shoe.Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
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This includes 18-inch black aluminum wheels, 35-inch MT tires (Goodyear), front e-lockers with virtual rear lockers, additional underbody protection + skid plates, rocker protectors with assist steps, ball spline half shafts and easy-to-clean rubber flooring.Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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After the White Sox won in a rout in Game 1, the Dodgers’ pitching took over, with the White Sox winning a 1-0 Game 5 squeaker with the only run coming on a double play grounder against Sandy Koufax.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Hence the range of potential outcomes stretches from a Harris sweep to state-by-state squeakers to a Trump landslide.Matthew Continetti, National Review, 26 Oct. 2024
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Payne’s sudden death led to an outpouring of tributes from fans and fellow artists.Conor Murray, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Her sudden death, at 39, just a few weeks after the album’s recording, tempts a retrospective reading of ((world war)).Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Directed by Nelicia Low, the suspenser follows a young fencer struggling with keeping his secret crush on a fellow fencer from his homophobic mother.Vivienne Chow, Variety, 17 May 2022
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On the other hand, the story introduces fictional characters and elements that give it the air of a suspenser, exactly the sort for which Harris is so popular.Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2022
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Miller’s calls proved dead accurate for both the 2020 presidential election, and the two Georgia Senate runoffs held two months later.Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Two years later, the method came under the national spotlight when an instant runoff decided the Senate race.Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2024
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The Texans lost a nail-biter against the Packers 24-22.Shafaq Patel, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
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The Liberty rebounded with a comfortable 80-66 win in Game 2, before Ionescu’s deep 3 capped off another nail-biter in Game 3.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Photo finish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photo%20finish. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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