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Recent Examples of second fiddle
Often playing second fiddle to other stars in Judgment Day over the past couple of years, Balor is reportedly in line for a significant singles push in 2025.
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Arriving at Real, however, Mbappé would for the first time be playing second fiddle.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
Jimmy is in a prominent supporting role all over this episode, playing second fiddle to Gaby, Alice, and Liz.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
All of this is ignoring the Dodgers' Mookie Betts and Yankees' Juan Soto, who play second fiddle on their respective teams, but are also likely among the top 10 players in baseball.
—Mark Osborne, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Arriving at Real, however, Mbappé would for the first time be playing second fiddle.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
Jimmy is in a prominent supporting role all over this episode, playing second fiddle to Gaby, Alice, and Liz.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
All of this is ignoring the Dodgers' Mookie Betts and Yankees' Juan Soto, who play second fiddle on their respective teams, but are also likely among the top 10 players in baseball.
—Mark Osborne, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddle
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About 15 seconds in, there was our unrecognizable rubble situated between the unmistakable landmarks: a street sign and a charred but familiar tree.Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
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If there are critical business infrastructure components that cannot tolerate more than a few seconds or minutes of downtime, those are the areas that require immediate and concentrated attention from day one.Steve Durbin, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Payton once counted Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady and offensive line coach Aaron Kromer among his assistants with the New Orleans Saints.Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Gridlock in Midtown On Dec. 27, Parker, 46, who works as an executive assistant for the CEO of a real estate investment firm, finished work near 6th Ave. and 49th St. and was walking to Grand Central to catch her usual train home to Orange County.Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
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He was carried home and given medical aid, but died of heart ailments within 20 days, on September 24, 1961.Daniel Burke, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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Disney has pledged $15 million in aid for those affected by the wildfires, with funds going toward organizations like the American Red Cross, the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and the Los Angeles Regional Food bank, while additional resources would be offered to any affected employee.Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Correspondent Rita Braver looks back on the remarkable life of a public servant and Nobel Peace Prize-winner, and talks with Carter's son, Chip; former Carter aide Stuart Eizenstat; and biographer Jonathan Alter, about Jimmy Carter's legacy.David Morgan, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2025
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While Trump has denied any associations with the project on multiple occasions, Democrats pushed back on this, saying many of the President-elect's former aides are leading the project.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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Two of Biden’s close aides – deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini and Anthony Bernal, Jill Biden's top adviser – will take the lead on planning for a presidential library, Axios reported in December.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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At Nebraska, general manager Sean Padden manages the relationship with 1890, along with assistant AD for NIL strategy and governance Jonathan Bateman and deputy AD/COO Haven Fields.Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 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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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.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 18 Jan. 2025.
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