as in landslide
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Recent Examples of walkover
Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Look for beach walkovers on Highway 98, which will lead you to the sand while protecting the natural plant life and dunes.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
For amenities like restrooms, a handicap accessible walkover, ample parking, and a lifeguard on duty, consider the Santa Clara Regional beach access.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2025
The Texans had a walkover win over a flawed Chargers team that wasn’t ready to play playoff football.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
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For instance, since 2009, there have been 50% more retirements or walkovers in the men’s draw of the U.S. Open, the final major of the year, than in the Australian Open, which takes place eight months earlier in January.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Look for beach walkovers on Highway 98, which will lead you to the sand while protecting the natural plant life and dunes.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
For amenities like restrooms, a handicap accessible walkover, ample parking, and a lifeguard on duty, consider the Santa Clara Regional beach access.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2025
The Texans had a walkover win over a flawed Chargers team that wasn’t ready to play playoff football.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walkover
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With a landslide victory in the election last weekend for the presidency of the powerful Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu, managing director of Rising Group, is now on tap to take the reins.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
3 June 2025
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Those lineups won by a landslide in their limited minutes.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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Immigration agents conducted a sweep Friday outside a Home Depot in Westlake, Los Angeles, setting off days of protests around the city.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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Chasing a sweep The Checkers and their NHL parent team, the Florida Panthers, are seeking a sweep of pro hockey’s two major championships.—
Steve Lyttle,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2025
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For instance, the East-West faceoff in 2024 produced a 25-point blowout by the East and an eye-popping final score of 211-186.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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One of them, a somewhat recent duel in March, was a blowout.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Alexander went on to pitch three more one-hitters during the season. 1929 — The Cincinnati Reds scored nine runs in the sixth inning en route to a 21-4 romp over the Chicago Cubs. 1935 — Chicago White Sox rookie John Whitehead loses to St. Louis 2-0.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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The Thunder finished off the series in a romp, leading by 39 points in a 124-94 victory, and are winning by about 11 points per game in the postseason.—
Brian Mahoney,
Twin Cities,
4 June 2025
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Rosado celebrated his victory Tuesday night at the Salvadorian restaurant El Atlacatl.—
Tess Riski,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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Both candidates had declared victory immediately after the publication of an exit poll late on Sunday that showed the result would be very close.—
Anna Magdalena Lubowicka,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Bernal as a despotic and at times deluded Magellan persuades the Spanish Crown to fund his bold 16th century expedition to the fabled lands of the East, only to unleash a decade of devastation wreaked by European conquistadors in the Pacific as part of colonial conquests.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
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Following his armies’ conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman sultan Mehmed II famously transformed the Hagia Sophia, built as a Christian church, into a mosque.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
24 May 2025
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Though if Minnesota were to sell on the lower end, say for $1.5 billion, its walkaway number would be much lower unless the potential buyer agreed to absorb all of the debt, a scenario that is unlikely.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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Donald Trump is suffering an historic descent in the campaign’s final days, an ongoing freefall that’s turning what looked like a walkaway for the former president into what’s most likely a Kamala Harris victory.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2024
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“Walkover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walkover. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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