as in landslide
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as in sniff (at)
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a conceited boss who constantly walks over employees
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Recent Examples of walkover
Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
In New York, critics of Israel say 12% of voters cast blank ballots in a similar protest during Tuesday’s primary that Biden otherwise won in a walkover.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2024
The first stakes race, the Knicks Go, is at 12:04 p.m. At 6:16 p.m. the walkover for the derby horses from the barns to paddock starts.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
The first woman to reach the quarters was No. 9 Maria Sakkari of Greece, who advanced because of a walkover from No. 25 Anna Kalinskaya of Russia, who withdrew with a thigh injury.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
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Novak Djokovic earned a walkover in the other men’s quarterfinal Wednesday when Alex de Minaur of Australia withdrew with a hip injury.
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Both comic and series have suffered a similar fate — being buried in a landslide of Too Much Stuff — and both are clever little delights that deserve to be remembered.Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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When Maduro refused to concede defeat, the opposition demonstrated impressive vigilance and organization, presenting copies of the official tallies from over 80 percent of the country’s polling stations to demonstrate that their candidate, Edmundo González, had won in a landslide.Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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With a Republican sweep in Washington, Donald Trump ‘s raft of tax cuts that were set to expire at the end of 2025 might stick around – and that could be good news for investors who were sprinting to overhaul their financial planning.Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024
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The Republican sweep of Washington could inject new life and aggression into digital trade.Maria Curi, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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In their most recent game, a blowout loss to the Knicks, Warriors castoff Ryan Rollins played 12 minutes.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The Rebels turned in a dominant defensive performance against Carson Beck and the Bulldogs a week after Jaxson Dart set school passing records in a blowout of Arkansas.Eric Olson, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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The unscripted romp follows a group of Mormon mom influencers behind the #MomTok hashtag.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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This fun Christmas crashing romp will either end in disaster or two happily-ever-afters!EW.com, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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His platform was the White House fortified by three presidential victories in 1932, 1936 and 1940, the latter shattering President George Washington’s de facto two-term limit.Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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Tracy’s ensuing touchdown was the Giants’ first on an opening possession since Week 2 and gave them their first lead since their Week 5 victory in Seattle.Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 29 Nov. 2024
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Napoleon’s conquest of Germanic lands was a watershed moment for German Romanticism.Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Fluminense noted how Marcelo came through its academy but returned to the club as a veteran in 2023 while having participated in the conquest of Campeonato Carioca, Libertadores and Recopa titles.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Donald Trump is suffering an historic descent in the campaign’s final days, an ongoing freefall that’s turning what looked like a walkaway for the former president into what’s most likely a Kamala Harris victory.Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
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Industry representatives have said there should be a distinction between walkaway deaths at those different types of facilities, but the Post investigation found that state investigators issue violations for failures in both types of settings after fatal wandering deaths.Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Walkover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walkover. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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