photo finish
Example Sentences
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Rozzi, who represents a Reading area district, was the surprise choice as speaker on Tuesday, breaking a deadlock caused by the two parties’ photo finish results in the November election.
From Washington Times
It looked like a dead heat at the wire before a photo finish showed the Irish-bred colt eking out his fourth consecutive victory with a head bob.
From Seattle Times
“And it is always a photo finish, like it is a photo finish every year, we’re going to have the bare minimum to make the thing happen.”
From Seattle Times
“When they come down to a photo finish, if you’re betting, you might want to put your money on him,” Mott said.
From Seattle Times
Constantine's flat personal best is more than one and half seconds faster than Knight's, but, after a wait to analyse the photo finish, the England anchor's lunge seemed to have done just enough.
From BBC
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