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Recent Examples of top dog
While New York has been seen as the favorite to land Alonso, this report indicates the Mets are no longer the top dogs in the sweepstakes.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
For some teams, a dark-horse mind-set might be better for strategic reasons: underdogs tend to focus on the positive outcome (winning), while top dogs tend to avoid negative outcomes (not losing), which could explain why underdogs sometimes play looser and with an eye to higher risks and rewards.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
While smash burgers remain, ironically, top dog within the fast food universe, one unsung iteration, the Oklahoma smash burger, is finally getting its due.
—Brock Keeling, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
Of course, the Chiefs won’t be playing, but the six teams that hope to unseat KC as the AFC’s (and NFL’s) top dog will be in action.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
For some teams, a dark-horse mind-set might be better for strategic reasons: underdogs tend to focus on the positive outcome (winning), while top dogs tend to avoid negative outcomes (not losing), which could explain why underdogs sometimes play looser and with an eye to higher risks and rewards.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
While smash burgers remain, ironically, top dog within the fast food universe, one unsung iteration, the Oklahoma smash burger, is finally getting its due.
—Brock Keeling, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
Of course, the Chiefs won’t be playing, but the six teams that hope to unseat KC as the AFC’s (and NFL’s) top dog will be in action.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top dog
Noun
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Her cold, calculating demeanor and constant desire to be in authority also reflect Capricorn's planetary ruler, Saturn.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Now, after 13 years of civil war and more than half a century of subjugation under the Assad regime, the Druze in Hader seem to have little appetite for taking their chances with the new ruler in Damascus.—
Uriel Heilman,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Rancho Bernardo—With returning state placer and Division 1 titlist Mary Snider (140) plus Division champ Maisen Vesco (145) leading the way, the Broncos qualified six wrestlers into the Masters meet.—
Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Brooke Strauss of Glastonbury (CT) was the top placer from New England, finishing 22nd overall at 18:32.7.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
14 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This team has cast off its familiar underdog mantle and embraced being the overdog.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2023
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It’s always funny when a show about underdogs is … an overdog.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2021
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“Top dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20dog. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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