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Recent Examples of underdog
The underdog Chargers won 27-21 in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Contessa Brewer,alex Sherman, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
In all four stories, journalists are presented as underdog heroes facing off against the rich and the unsympathetic.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
According to DraftKings, the University of San Diego football team was a 21-point underdog against Southern Utah on Saturday night.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Unstoppable Based on the underdog story, Unstoppable chronicles the life of wrestler Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome), who defied the odds of being born with one leg to win a national championship for Arizona State.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
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Contessa Brewer,alex Sherman, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
In all four stories, journalists are presented as underdog heroes facing off against the rich and the unsympathetic.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
According to DraftKings, the University of San Diego football team was a 21-point underdog against Southern Utah on Saturday night.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Unstoppable Based on the underdog story, Unstoppable chronicles the life of wrestler Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome), who defied the odds of being born with one leg to win a national championship for Arizona State.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underdog
loser
Noun
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The houseguests then voted between the two comp losers, and when Julie announced the results, Will was evicted by a vote of 3-2 and became the season’s second jury member.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Instead of scrolling Twitter, read something about a cranky, divorced loser, like The Invisibility Cloak by Ge Fei, and translated by Canaan Morse.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Underdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdog. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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