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as in thriller
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as in dead heat
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Recent Examples of photo finish
Polls going into election week show a toss-up race, signaling the possibility that the contest could prove to be a photo finish.
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
Trump is in what appears to be a photo finish race against Vice President Kamala Harris, less than two weeks until Election Day.
—Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2024
But 30 seconds later, after the photo finish was official, American phenom Noah Lyles saw his name on top, stretched his arms, and ripped off his bib to show off.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
And that could mean Trump is indeed headed to a photo finish on Election Day.
—Sarah Bedford, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
Trump is in what appears to be a photo finish race against Vice President Kamala Harris, less than two weeks until Election Day.
—Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2024
But 30 seconds later, after the photo finish was official, American phenom Noah Lyles saw his name on top, stretched his arms, and ripped off his bib to show off.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
And that could mean Trump is indeed headed to a photo finish on Election Day.
—Sarah Bedford, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for photo finish
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The thriller is produced by Spiro Films’ Eitan Mansuri and Jonathan Doweck (both No Men’s Land, When Heroes Fly) alongside executive producers Avi Nir, Karni Ziv, Keren Shahar and Wright.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2025
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The Argo filmmaker-star will now play the lead role in Animals, the Netflix thriller he was already set to direct, Entertainment Weekly has learned.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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Surveys ahead of Election Day found the two candidates in a virtual dead heat nationally and in several key swing states.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Nov. 2024
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This means that the characterization provided by most pollsters, that the contest was a dead heat, were driven by factors that were largely irrelevant.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Kalinskaya represented her native country at the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup, winning the doubles rubber with her partner Anna Blinkova and thus helping Russia make it into the finals.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
26 Jan. 2025
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Put on your rubber gloves, grab a scrubby sponge, a small bowl and baking soda.—
Cody Godwin,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Trump prevailed—and not exactly in a squeaker, either.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Yet in each case, the offense has been less dominant, the wins have been squeakers rather than routs and the path to another trophy appears narrower, if still navigable.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
6 Jan. 2025
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His childhood was rocked by the sudden death of a friend in a hiking accident.—
Maria Pasquini,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Serious safety risks also include heart attacks, seizures, stroke, and sudden death.—
Ross Phan, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP, BCPS,
Verywell Health,
17 Jan. 2025
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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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The system demands that voters, already weighed down by electoral fatigue and apathy, return to the polls for runoff elections.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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If none of the candidates receive a majority of the votes, a runoff election between the two highest vote-getters will follow on June 24.—
Devan Patel,
The Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2025
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The night’s most prestigious award is always a nail-biter, but this year’s competition promises extra drama with Swift, who holds the AOTY record with four; breakthrough artists Carpenter, Roan and Charli xcx; and industry-evolving musicians Eilish, André 3000 and Jacob Collier in the mix.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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Each was a nail-biter that kept viewers on the edge of their seats.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Photo finish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photo%20finish. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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