photo finish
Example Sentences
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“And it is always a photo finish, like it is a photo finish every year, we’re going to have the bare minimum to make the thing happen.”
From Seattle Times
“When they come down to a photo finish, if you’re betting, you might want to put your money on him,” Mott said.
From Seattle Times
Constantine's flat personal best is more than one and half seconds faster than Knight's, but, after a wait to analyse the photo finish, the England anchor's lunge seemed to have done just enough.
From BBC
On that occasion, Hughes was initially adjudged to have edged a photo finish before being disqualified for impeding Richards in the adjacent lane.
From BBC
Jerome Blake of Canada won the men’s 200 in a photo finish ahead of U.S. sprinter Elijah Hall, with both clocking 20.14.
From Seattle Times
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