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silver medal

noun as in second place

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Australian Olympic swimmer Kyle Chalmers earned a silver medal and his personal-best time in the 100-meter freestyle event at the 2021 Tokyo Games.

From Quartz

Without its star, the US team landed the silver medal, coming in behind Russia and breaking its 11-year winning streak in world competitions.

From Quartz

Entering her fourth Olympics, the Argentine judoka is already in possession of a silver medal won at the 2008 Beijing Games and a gold won at Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

From Time

Narasaki is a decorated boulderer with a slew of gold and silver medals from recent World Cups.

From Ozy

At the same games, she also won a gold medal in the 4×100 medley, as well as silver medals in the 4×100 freestyle relay and the 50 freestyle.

From Ozy

It was snapped just after a silver medal had been placed around her neck.

This week, the world watched as American Dotsie Bausch won a silver medal for cycling in London.

He was greeted  by Canadian rower Malcolm Howard, a member of the silver-medal winning men's eight.

Her outstanding ride leaves her in joint tenth place overnight individually, and leaving the UK team int he silver medal position.

She was a talented rhythmic gymnast who took home a silver medal at the 2004 Junior Olympics.

In the pharmaceutical department of the exhibit a widely—​and fraudulently—​advertised patent medicine received a silver medal!

A silver medal is also given every year for the best model from life.

In company with several other chiefs, he paid a visit to General Washington, who presented him with a silver medal.

Fleeming also attended an Art school in the city, and gained a silver medal for a drawing from one of Raphael's cartoons.

He gets a silver medal from the college for making a bird with a pen—something remarkable.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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