neck and neck
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In Berlin, it is neck and neck with the SPD and the Greens ahead of a state election in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Paxton’s style ran neck and neck with Cornyn’s substance.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026
After a neck and neck race with Korea, in which the Italians briefly took the lead but were overtaken on the penultimate lap, the hosts took silver and Fontana got her medal.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Going into the final round, the Japanese and the Americans had been neck and neck, but Japan were ahead having won more routines.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
The three of us were neck and neck, shoulder to shoulder, fighting until the end.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
It wasn’t the neck-and-neck duel spectators might have hoped to see.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
But the company has also been accused of overhyping the powers of a technology that is its stock in trade, and the subject of neck-and-neck competition with rival OpenAI.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
He finished neck-and-neck with Paxton, but well below the tally of 50% of votes that would have been necessary to avoid the run-off contest in May.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
TD Cowen’s proprietary data showed that Prime Video’s monthly active user penetration is 57.8%, putting it neck-and-neck with Netflix’s 58.0%.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025
Instead he described the chase as a breathless neck-and-neck sprint.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
