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Recent Examples of overdog
But perhaps the biggest antidote to The Studio’s overdog problem is that its fat-cat Apple TV+ profile can easily be spun as good for everybody.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
This team has cast off its familiar underdog mantle and embraced being the overdog.
—Jeré Longman, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
Joe Reid, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
This team has cast off its familiar underdog mantle and embraced being the overdog.
—Jeré Longman, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdog
Noun
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The storyline will follow Shaikh Ali from his time as a young ruler who inherits Bahrain’s throne at 19-years-old following the death of his father.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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Iran has installed rulers even more conservative and hardline than their predecessors.—
Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
Noun
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After taming Nikola Jokic in Round 1, Wembanyama is next in line for Minnesota’s defensive dominator.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
3 May 2026
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Wagner was a dominator for 16 seasons.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Some draftees have an immediate impact—this year’s Super Bowl champions, the Seattle Seahawks, started two key players who were drafted last spring—but the process is mainly a means of incremental, long-term improvement.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The game’s newest major champion represents a refreshing and unchanging sense of self, bred by memories like those back in Wolverhampton, England.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
Noun
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McKenzie is top dog in Class 3A in the 238-pound weight class in both the Traditional and Olympic-style competitions.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Trump was top dog, of course, without whom nothing was possible.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Bulldogs, regular-season conference champs, need to win one more game, against the survivor of the Columbia-Brown game on Sunday.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Shorter races for three-year-olds later in the summer like the grade 1 Haskell at Monmouth Park in New Jersey will be likely targets for the Preakness champ.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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“Overdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdog. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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