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Book Now Out of all the major Texas cities—Austin, Dallas, and Houston—San Antonio has long been the underdog.
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Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2025
And the timing was great too because there’s the underdog story.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 22 May 2025
He’s got a great girl (Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
Bobby Hull of the Blackhawks (1962) and Edmonton’s Fernando Pisani in 2006 also had six game-opening goals in a playoff year.
2011 — Shackleford wins the Preakness, holding off a late charge from Animal Kingdom to win as a 12-1 underdog.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2025
And the timing was great too because there’s the underdog story.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 22 May 2025
He’s got a great girl (Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
Bobby Hull of the Blackhawks (1962) and Edmonton’s Fernando Pisani in 2006 also had six game-opening goals in a playoff year.
2011 — Shackleford wins the Preakness, holding off a late charge from Animal Kingdom to win as a 12-1 underdog.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underdog
loser
Noun
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But the Phillies are skidding, losers of four in a row.—
Anthony Stitt,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The winning team heads to the semifinals, while the loser will head to a last-chance game against the winner of Friday's game between Florida and Tennessee to determine which advances to the semifinals.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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“Underdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdog. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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