neck and neck
Example Sentences
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In Berlin, it is neck and neck with the SPD and the Greens ahead of a state election in September.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Paxton’s style ran neck and neck with Cornyn’s substance.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026
Going into the final round, the Japanese and the Americans had been neck and neck, but Japan were ahead having won more routines.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
According to figures from Ecuador's national electoral council, this is a decisive win for Noboa - with about 56% of the vote - after polls before the election suggested it was neck and neck.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2025
Navy was neck and neck with Cal, and the two of them seemed to be running away with it, though Columbia, astonishingly, appeared to be in third place.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
