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photo finish

noun as in very close finish

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In a photo finish for the NL’s final wild card berth, all the Reds needed was a win against the Milwaukee Brewers, or a Mets loss.

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Great Britain's Jeremiah Azu sprinted to 60m gold in a dramatic photo finish at the World Athletics Indoor Championships to secure the first global title of his career.

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Knight's Choice has won Australia's famous Melbourne Cup, in a dramatically close race which went to a photo finish.

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The race is where it seemed to be headed at the beginning of the year – a photo finish where either candidate could end up on top.

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Since then, Harris’s campaign has had ups and downs, and is now locked in what is shaping up to be a photo finish next week.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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