underdog

Example Sentences

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But Norway’s Olympic superstars and soccer underdogs have one crucial attribute in common: a remarkable capacity to withstand pain.

From The Wall Street Journal

I could not have given him a more simple and true answer, and it seemed to hit Joe, who had built his career out of representing the underdog, right in the gut.

From Los Angeles Times

Forty-six years to the day since their underdog predecessors toppled the Mighty Red Machine, United States men’s hockey is golden again.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Canada going for their 10th gold, so usually the neutral will go with the underdog," he says.

From BBC

But in the space of nine days this week, Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher doubled that haul by grabbing two of the most stunning underdog medals of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

From The Wall Street Journal