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Recent Examples of second fiddle
The Vantage has played parts ranging from second fiddle to 911 rival to even, for a moment, being one of the most powerful sports cars on the planet.
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2025
Sasaki will always be the second fiddle Japanese player in L.A..
Why not the Padres?
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The court hearing is playing second fiddle to the drama surrounding the criminal investigation.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Bieber let her base layer play second fiddle to her attention-grabbing coat.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2025
Sasaki will always be the second fiddle Japanese player in L.A..
Why not the Padres?
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The court hearing is playing second fiddle to the drama surrounding the criminal investigation.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Bieber let her base layer play second fiddle to her attention-grabbing coat.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddle
Noun
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What transpired was three fights in the first nine seconds of the game, followed by a U.S. 3-1 victory.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Land Rover claims the Octa is much faster than other Defenders, reaching 62 mph in just 4.0 seconds.—
Charlie Roxburghe,
Robb Report,
18 Feb. 2025
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An assistant discovered Baena's body at a Los Angeles-area home around 10:30 a.m.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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The Huskers’ 40-year-old running backs coach is the only assistant without terms of a contract revealed for this year.—
Mitch Sherman,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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Those expenses include coach compensation, athletic aid (the most expensive category), team travel, equipment and other operating expenses.—
Hailey Salvian,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Without the money to pay staff, aid organizations including the U.S. Agency for International Development began laying off hundreds of employees.—
Meg Kinnard,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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That new board of his includes his chief of staff, his chief of staff’s mother, his vice president’s wife, his commerce secretary’s wife, and his aide Dan Scavino.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2025
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The heads of independent agencies would need to have special White House liaisons to coordinate with the president’s aides and advisors.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Srinivas Phatak, Unilever’s current deputy CFO and group controller, will take over as interim CFO.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump announced on Sunday night that Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and a political commentator who hosts The Dan Bongino Show, will serve as deputy director of the FBI.—
Zach LaChance,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
24 Feb. 2025
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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Coyne was named archbishop coadjutor on June 25, 2023.—
Ed Stannard,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2024
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Schnurr came to Cincinnati in 2008 as coadjutor archbishop and took over as archbishop about a year later, upon the retirement of former Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
7 May 2024
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“Second fiddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second%20fiddle. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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