underdog

Laboe points out Curry Barker’s box office underdog “Obsession” as the latest example of a major low-budget indie success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

We hear the underdog aesthetic term rasquachismo used to describe these early impromptu performances: essentially a colorful funkiness, “so funky that nothing can undermine you,” Valdez says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The new format, expanding team participation from 32 to 48, has brought to center stage smaller, underdog countries that have outperformed expectations, produced unexpected heroes and warmed our collective hearts.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Americans have turned out in droves to watch this summer’s World Cup, shattering TV viewership records to catch underdog upsets, late-game goals and, on Monday night, the U.S. team’s loss to Belgium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

I didn’t go out on the strip overconfident, because I knew Cecilia would be a tough opponent and I had just proved in my last bout that the underdog can win.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

A recommitment to the outcasts, the overlooked, the underdogs of society.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

What to watch out for: While Morocco's run to the last four in Qatar was a surprise, this side contending in the United States are much more than plucky underdogs.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

England, for the first hour, struggled as they did against Ghana to break down a Panama side ranked 42nd in the world, even offering the underdogs hope with another vulnerable defensive display.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

The players he signed to free-agent contracts or traded for were underdogs, outcasts and second-fiddles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Jewish people have been the underdogs so often that they understand what it’s like to be an underdog.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman