photo finish

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Recent Examples of photo finish The photo finish for the men’s 100m final was taken with Omega’s Scan’O'Vision, which was used to determine the winner. Athena Sobhan, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024 Their endurance elimination ended in an extremely confusing photo finish, and host TJ Lavin announced that Derrick beat Horacio. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2024 Hector Vivas / Getty Images The race was so close that even the commentators nearly called the wrong winner before the photo finish, which showed Lyles first to lean over the finish line even as others managed to step over it before him. Josh Feldman, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2024 The stakes couldn’t be higher in a race that shows ample signs of a photo finish on Nov. 5. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for photo finish 
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Noun
  • Though Best Actress contender Demi Moore has seemed like the best chance the Mubi release has at an Oscar nomination, the body horror thriller only received EFA noms for European Film and Screenplay.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe’s serial killer thriller Longlegs is going for Oscar gold and other awards season accolades.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Vice President Harris and former President Trump were locked in a dead heat during the presidential race's final weeks, with polls closing Tuesday night.
    Erin Doherty, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Polls show the two candidates locked in a dead heat in Pennsylvania.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Likewise Antoni Miralda’s Have a Good Year armchair, made with repurposed rubber tires.
    Joelle Diderich, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The industry pioneer bought rubber plantations, timberland, and coal and iron ore mines to reduce costs, boost efficiency and streamline Ford Motor's supply chain.
    Joann Muller, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • After the White Sox won in a rout in Game 1, the Dodgers’ pitching took over, with the White Sox winning a 1-0 Game 5 squeaker with the only run coming on a double play grounder against Sandy Koufax.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Hence the range of potential outcomes stretches from a Harris sweep to state-by-state squeakers to a Trump landslide.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 26 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Slim profit margins made seeking those documents challenging and the sudden death of her 50-year-old daughter Siomara compounded her troubles.
    Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence, the dean of the College of Cardinals tasked with overseeing the papal conclave after the sudden death of the pope.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Directed by Nelicia Low, the suspenser follows a young fencer struggling with keeping his secret crush on a fellow fencer from his homophobic mother.
    Vivienne Chow, Variety, 17 May 2022
  • On the other hand, the story introduces fictional characters and elements that give it the air of a suspenser, exactly the sort for which Harris is so popular.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2022
Noun
  • In heavy rains, the city on the hill cannot store all the storm runoff and sewage that flows toward an oceanside treatment plant in a single old pipe, so some heads out to sea.
    Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Sandu narrowly won a second presidential term in Sunday’s runoff vote, beating former prosecutor Alexandr Stoianoglu.
    Clare Sebastian, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • A week after Election Day, more than a handful of local races remain real nail-biters.
    Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Their lone defeat came in a Week 3 nail-biter to Columbine when the Rebels hit the game-winning field goal with 12 seconds left.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024

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“Photo finish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photo%20finish. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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