neck-and-neck race

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Lilly and Novo are running a sometimes neck-and-neck race in the lucrative field of GLP-1 medications.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

What’s Next: Prediction markets see Netflix and Paramount in a neck-and-neck race.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

The flustered star told reporters that she was shocked by the win, which was a neck-and-neck race with fellow nominee Lily Gladstone for “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2024

Finns go the polls on Sunday, in an election seen as a neck-and-neck race between right-wing populists, conservatives and Prime Minister Sanna Marin's centre left.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2023

Now and then one paused for breath and then the other, but on the whole it was a neck-and-neck race to tell the tale first.

From The Lion of Petra by Mundy, Talbot