second fiddles

plural of second fiddle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddles
Noun
  • Then rookie center Dominique Malonga completed a three point play that propelled the Storm up by one point, 84-83 with 31 seconds remaining.
    Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of allowing a disability exception, colleges with tech bans should provide peer tutors, teaching assistants, and writing centers to help students who require extra assistance—low-tech strategies that decades of pedagogical research show to be effective in making education more accessible.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Google and Amazon have begun testing ways for their assistants to handle transactions directly, not just recommend products.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The line has represented different disabilities and appearances in the past, releasing Barbies and Kens with mobility aids like wheelchairs and braces, dolls with hearing aids, hair loss and vitiligo.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Companies are synthetically concentrating the psychoactive compound in kratom leaves into various products sold as dietary aids in gas stations and smoke shops, health officials said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Thurston County Sheriff's Office said deputies were responding after a possible helicopter crash near Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Washington State.
    Jessica Gorman, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said off-duty deputies found a man on the ride and took him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
    Josh Cradduck, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the hours following Kirk's death, Hegseth's top aides suggested that anyone working for the military who mocked or celebrated Kirk's death would face criminal charges under the military's own legal system.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Department of Labor withdrew a plan to establish a minimum wage for workers with disabilities and abolished wage protections for the home-health aides who assist millions of seniors and disabled people.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the end of the episode, tragedy strikes when Robbie’s latest robbery ends in one of his henchmen and all of the drug house’s attendants dying.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The citizens of Venezuela don't deserve to live under the tyrannical rule of Maduro or any of his henchmen!
    Dan Gooding Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What made Armani’s designs so appealing to Ovitz and his minions wasn’t just their confident power-suit cut.
    Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Vex can use that energy to empower herself, or channel it to conjure deadly minions that fight alongside her.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its purpose is to maximize the president’s control over our lives, enrich his family, reward his lackeys and punish his critics.
    Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Matthew quickly schemes his way into Oliver’s orbit after that first performance, impressing and rankling the group of lackeys in his entourage at the same time.
    Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Second fiddles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second%20fiddles. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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