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Recent Examples of second fiddle
The Vantage has played parts ranging from second fiddle to 911 rival to even, for a moment, being one of the most powerful sports cars on the planet.
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2025
Sasaki will always be the second fiddle Japanese player in L.A..
Why not the Padres?
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The court hearing is playing second fiddle to the drama surrounding the criminal investigation.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Bieber let her base layer play second fiddle to her attention-grabbing coat.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2025
Sasaki will always be the second fiddle Japanese player in L.A..
Why not the Padres?
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The court hearing is playing second fiddle to the drama surrounding the criminal investigation.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Bieber let her base layer play second fiddle to her attention-grabbing coat.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddle
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Finished a close second on debut with the winner of that race returning to win an Allowance race and then a distant 4th in the Risen Star Stakes.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Graf’s first goal came on a short-range one-timer and his second came on the power play.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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On Thursday, Way’s lawyer, Rickey Ivie, said his client never agreed to hire Jane Doe as an assistant.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2025
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The 10 individuals initially arrested in September 2017, which included four college assistant coaches, were all relative bit players in the ecosystem.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Israel's blockade of aid on Gaza — including electricity — is entering its third week.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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Waukegan sought mutual aid from other departments to help fight the blaze and man city fire stations.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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Netanyahu’s effort to remove Ronen Bar as director of the Shin Bet follows an increasingly acrimonious dispute that also involves the security service’s investigation into close aides of the prime minister.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2025
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The strikes Saturday are the result of several high-level White House meetings this week with Trump and top national security aides, including Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, national security adviser Mike Waltz, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Michael E. Kurilla.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2025
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During that period, his brother was hired into what appears to have been his first federal job—deputy director of the Office of Secretarial Boards and Councils at the Department of Energy.—
David W. Brown,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Also in the power hallway is Beau Harrison, deputy chief of staff for operations.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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Coyne was named archbishop coadjutor on June 25, 2023.—
Ed Stannard,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2024
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Schnurr came to Cincinnati in 2008 as coadjutor archbishop and took over as archbishop about a year later, upon the retirement of former Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
7 May 2024
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“Second fiddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second%20fiddle. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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