as in tie
a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other
the horses crossed the finish line in a dead heat
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Recent Examples of dead heat
The 2024 contest for the White House remains in a dead heat between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris to claim battleground states that could solidify an Electoral College victory, new polls released by UMass Lowell / YouGov show.
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Sarah Gleason, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Trump won the key battleground states of North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin after weeks of polls showed Trump and Harris in a dead heat.
—Nico Lang, Them, 6 Nov. 2024
For weeks, prediction markets had been far more favorable toward Trump than the polls, which portrayed Trump and Harris in a dead heat.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
Republicans had hoped to flip control of a seat in the battleground state, and polls had shown Baldwin and Hovde in a dead heat.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,annika Kim Constantino,michele Luhn,ashley Capoot,julie Coleman,josephine Rozzelle,ece Yildirim,ruxandra Iordache,dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,cj Haddad, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
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Sarah Gleason, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Trump won the key battleground states of North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin after weeks of polls showed Trump and Harris in a dead heat.
—Nico Lang, Them, 6 Nov. 2024
For weeks, prediction markets had been far more favorable toward Trump than the polls, which portrayed Trump and Harris in a dead heat.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
Republicans had hoped to flip control of a seat in the battleground state, and polls had shown Baldwin and Hovde in a dead heat.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,annika Kim Constantino,michele Luhn,ashley Capoot,julie Coleman,josephine Rozzelle,ece Yildirim,ruxandra Iordache,dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,cj Haddad, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
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