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Example sentences for: second-place

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Forbes' second-place finish proves that his support has a low ceiling, and Bush's victory demonstrates that the GOP is jerking the party back into the mainstream and successfully co-opting Clintonian themes.
Jews' new second-place status in the strivers' hierarchy is most noticeable in places with good public school systems like Westchester County, N.Y., (where I live) and the San Gabriel Valley, outside of Los Angeles.
Two weeks ago, Jörg Haider led his far-right Freedom Party to a stunning second-place finish in Austria's national elections; two weeks from now, he's coming to America.
2) Johnny Isakson, a former Republican state legislator, won the special election for Newt Gingrich's House seat . The media had a field day contrasting the "moderate" Isakson with the "combative" Gingrich, noting that Democrats "see Isakson as a pleasant change" and that Isakson thrashed second-place finisher Christina Jeffrey, the historian whom Gingrich had fired in 1995 over her comments on the Holocaust.