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Recent Examples of underdog
Here are two reasons why Miami is an underdog:
1: Louisville is 27-7 at home.
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Heavy underdog Lois Boisson continued her fairy tale run at the French Open tennis tournament by beating No. 6 seed Mirra Andreeva to advance to the semifinals.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
From underdogs like former NFL running back Emmitt Smith to polished frontrunners like TikTok star Charli D'Amelio, here's EW's favorite DWTS champions, ranked.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 1 June 2025
But in a matchup in which the road underdog (Indy in Games 1 and 2 and New York in Game 3) won the first three games of the series, with Games 1 and 3 both featuring 20-point comebacks, of course Game 5 was a curveball.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Heavy underdog Lois Boisson continued her fairy tale run at the French Open tennis tournament by beating No. 6 seed Mirra Andreeva to advance to the semifinals.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
From underdogs like former NFL running back Emmitt Smith to polished frontrunners like TikTok star Charli D'Amelio, here's EW's favorite DWTS champions, ranked.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 1 June 2025
But in a matchup in which the road underdog (Indy in Games 1 and 2 and New York in Game 3) won the first three games of the series, with Games 1 and 3 both featuring 20-point comebacks, of course Game 5 was a curveball.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underdog
loser
Noun
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But the Phillies are skidding, losers of four in a row.—
Anthony Stitt,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The winning team heads to the semifinals, while the loser will head to a last-chance game against the winner of Friday's game between Florida and Tennessee to determine which advances to the semifinals.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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“Underdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdog. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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