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
It was a neck-and-neck race between the rain and the Girl, but the Girl won.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
