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Recent Examples of second fiddle
But 2024 played second fiddle to 2020, failing to beat that year’s record of the most days at or above 100 degrees at 145.
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Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
In great power competition, foreign policy can often play second fiddle to domestic policy.
—Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Everyone plays second fiddle to Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone.
—Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Often playing second fiddle to other stars in Judgment Day over the past couple of years, Balor is reportedly in line for a significant singles push in 2025.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
In great power competition, foreign policy can often play second fiddle to domestic policy.
—Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Everyone plays second fiddle to Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone.
—Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Often playing second fiddle to other stars in Judgment Day over the past couple of years, Balor is reportedly in line for a significant singles push in 2025.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddle
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In less than two seconds, the model can produce a week-long forecast for a range of variables, such as wind speed and precipitation—what once required a supercomputer and several hours can now be done with far less hardware.—
Tharin Pillay,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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There, Barrichello was quickest by a full second, an eternity for an F1 lap time.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
6 Feb. 2025
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Corbet and others in the cast and crew also succumbed; Corbet’s assistant had to follow him around with an IV bag hung on a clothes hanger.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
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Once an applicant applies through Chipotle’s digital system, Boatwright continued, the AI assistant asks them initial questions and schedules an interview with the general manager.—
Julie Coleman,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2025
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And both government and healthcare employers could soon feel the effects of the Trump administration’s moves to pare federal payrolls and public aid that is critical for health services and social assistance.—
Don Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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These unprecedented changes have drawn significant criticism from humanitarian organizations, foreign governments, and political opponents, who claim that the Trump administration is abandoning America's historic commitment to global development and humanitarian aid.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Image Trump aides backpedaled on his Gaza plan President Trump’s surprise proposal that the U.S. take over Gaza, driving nearly two million Palestinians out, shocked even senior officials at his own White House.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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Other matters of note this week at the Capitol: Ethics committee On Tuesday at 8 a.m., the Senate Ethics Committee will again meet to discuss allegations that Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, a Longmont Democrat, mistreated her aides.—
Nick Coltrain,
The Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2025
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In reality, since 2000 the canal has been operated by the Panama Canal Authority, whose administrator, deputy administrator and 11-member board are selected by Panama’s government but operate independently.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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He was appointed by Mr. Trump as deputy administrator last week, and took on the title acting administrator Thursday morning, hours after an American Airlines jet with 64 people on board and an Army helicopter carrying three collided.—
Graham Kates,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 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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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.—
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 12 Feb. 2025.
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