off the pace
Example Sentences
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Johnson-Thompson, the world champion in 2019 and 2023, entered Saturday 324 points off the pace in 16th and continued to struggle.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
England's Lee Westwood and Scott Vincent of Zimbabwe were both seven off the pace in a share for third place.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Even then, he found himself two shots off the pace on a leaderboard jam packed with the game’s best players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
That damage remains far off the pace of 2023, Canada's worst wildfire season on record, when nearly 18 million hectares burned in the country.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The American boys were only a length off the pace but still out in the widest part of the lake, bucking the relentless, punishing winds, spray flying from their oars with every release.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
