runner-up
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The season was chock-full of cameos from celebrities like Billie Eilish and Sia, and included former “Survivor” runner-up and “White Lotus” creator Mike White as a contestant.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
They include Trish and Cathie from series three, Stephen and Viv from the fourth series and first series runner-up Darron Speck.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Brier was the runner-up this time in 54.24.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
Since the Southern Section uses computer rankings, you have the strange situation of Trinity League runner-up Orange Lutheran getting seeded ahead of Trinity League champion St. John Bosco.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
On the corner of Sterling and Commonwealth was the old Masonic Temple, where one Saturday afternoon thirty-five years before, Milton had been runner-up in a spelling bee.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
