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second prize

noun as in consolation prize

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Although Nicolo Zaniolo rescued Villa a point in the seventh minute of injury time, they must settle for the second prize of being level on goal difference with leaders Arsenal, who host third-placed Liverpool on Sunday.

From BBC

Last weekend, Woody and Orianna entered a pony competition at the Cork Summer Show, and the pair won second prize in their category.

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Cannes‘ Grand Prix, its second prize, went to Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest,” a chilling Martin Amis adaptation about a German family living next door to Auschwitz.

The Grand Prix, or second prize, was awarded to the British writer-director Jonathan Glazer for “The Zone of Interest,” a disquieting, meticulously controlled drama about a Nazi living with his family on the grounds outside Auschwitz.

His other accolades include the Venice Film Festival's special jury prize in 1981 with "Sweet Dreams" and the Berlin Film Festival's second prize, the Silver Bear, in 1986 with "The Mass Is Ended."

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