underdog
Example Sentences
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Will we see an underdog win for the ages or will Usyk's dominance continue?
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Legal experts have described Musk as an underdog in the case, but the remedies Musk is pushing for make the case significant for OpenAI and its executives.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Newspapers, magazines, radio, television, podcasts - all wanting a piece of the underdog threatening world football's greatest duopoly.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Hyman, who has hundreds of thousands of social media followers, is the best known of the underdog candidates.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
He identified with the little guy and the underdog without ever exactly being one himself.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing underdog
Idioms and Expressions, List 1
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Academy Awards, List 2
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My Brother Sam is Dead
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