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Recent Examples of second fiddle
In great power competition, foreign policy can often play second fiddle to domestic policy.
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Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Everyone plays second fiddle to Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone.
—Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Everyone plays second fiddle to Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone.
—Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddle
Noun
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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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At one point, the blaze encroached upon the homes of Close and assistant Tony Newnan, who live near the edge of the fire zone.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025
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Some Republican lawmakers distanced themselves on Monday from House Speaker Mike Johnson's suggestion that federal disaster aid to California should be conditioned.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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Of that increase, 10.8% was attributed to mutual aid, 13.4% to Winfield Township, and 21.3% to the town of Winfield.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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Blinken and his top aides have spent months trying to sell Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Gulf Arab nations on the plan, which outlines how Gaza would be run without Hamas in charge of the territory.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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And of the many unlicensed home care aides who work in gray market, many are immigrants, including many who are undocumented.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes,
15 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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Facebook announced the prominent Republican Joel Kaplan as its new president of global affairs earlier this month, replacing former British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg.—
Michael D. Carroll AND Theo Burman,
Newsweek,
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 22 Jan. 2025.
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