runner-up

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Brecel lifted the trophy at the Crucible in 2023, but will not be there this year as Jones, the 2024 runner-up, sealed a 10-5 victory at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

After an hour’s rest, Harris had enough energy to take first in the 100-meter dash in 10.32 seconds — one hundredth of a second faster than his runner-up time last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Three-time runner-up Justin Rose, who is jjoint fourth, is targeting his own redemptive win after losing to McIlroy in last year's sudden-death play-off and credits his own patience for his back-nine climb up the leaderboard.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Last year, South Carolina had been national runner-up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Although she had been raised to ten dollars a week when she went on reading, her runner-up received twenty-five dollars a week and the other readers received twenty.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith