How to Use neck and neck in a Sentence
neck and neck
adverb or adjective
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Now, the Courage and Thorns are once again neck and neck in the standings.
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Jamie Goldberg,
oregonlive,
10 Sep. 2019
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And in our testing, the Air and 13-inch Pro were neck and neck for the most part.
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Michael Andronico,
CNN Underscored,
1 Apr. 2021
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Two skiers were neck and neck at the end, the crowd was going wild.
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Sean Gregory/pyeongchang,
Time,
26 Feb. 2018
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At that time, Warren and Biden were neck and neck at 25% and 24%.
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Chris Sikich,
Indianapolis Star,
20 Nov. 2019
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The fight seemed neck and neck for a while until money came in the mix.
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Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2022
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Even if the field winnows, the race appears neck and neck.
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Caitlin Conant,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2020
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The two are neck and neck in a race to the rhetorical middle.
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Faith Bottum,
WSJ,
26 Sep. 2022
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The sparse polling on the race shows Mr. Caruso and Ms. Bass running neck and neck.
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Allysia Finley,
WSJ,
3 June 2022
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The polls leading up to the election showed the blocs running neck and neck.
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Vanessa Gera,
BostonGlobe.com,
11 Sep. 2022
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Once, the teams were neck and neck, and my brother got a breakaway and scored.
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Sarah Miller,
The New Yorker,
7 July 2021
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Without Watson, that team might be neck and neck with the Jets and the Jaguars to pick No. 1.
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Brad Biggs,
chicagotribune.com,
12 Dec. 2020
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The two are neck and neck in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the state.
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Benjamin Oreskes,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Sep. 2023
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But with less than three weeks until the Nov. 2 election, the race is neck and neck.
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Quinn Scanlan,
ABC News,
14 Oct. 2021
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Replay and TiVo were sort of neck and neck for a while.
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Eric Johnson,
Recode,
13 Sep. 2018
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There were two main parties in the country, and the parties were neck and neck.
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Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
21 Dec. 2020
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While the pair are neck and neck still though, Messi has achieved the feat in 155 fewer games.
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SI.com,
6 Oct. 2017
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Because with one month to go, observers say the race is still neck and neck.
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Trisha Thadani,
SFChronicle.com,
7 Oct. 2019
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Those two were neck and neck, but yes, the heat just got turned up in the oven for Thanksgiving.
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Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Nov. 2023
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The two candidates were neck and neck for most of the evening as votes were tallied.
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Robert Higgs,
cleveland.com,
8 May 2018
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With 96% of precincts reporting, Buttigieg and Sanders are neck and neck.
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Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2020
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Polls published ahead of the Jan. 26-27 runoff showed the contenders running neck and neck.
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Michael Winfrey,
Bloomberg.com,
25 Jan. 2018
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Blankenship and McLaughlin had been neck and neck in camp.
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Jim Ayello,
The Indianapolis Star,
5 Sep. 2020
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The two sets played had to go into a tiebreaker, which was neck and neck the entire way.
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Raquel Coronell Uribe,
NBC News,
4 Aug. 2024
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Because the Dodgers and Padres were supposed to be neck and neck all season.
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Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2021
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At the end of the day Oklahoma and Florida are neck and neck.
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Paul Douglas,
Star Tribune,
22 Apr. 2021
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As far as rock & roll boogie bands go, next to AC/DC, those two are neck and neck.
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Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com,
al,
1 Apr. 2020
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The presidential race is neck and neck, a toss-up, a dead heat.
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Jack Schlossberg,
Vogue,
21 Sep. 2024
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Milwaukee and Miami are neck and neck for the No. 7 seed in the East.
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Joe Vardon,
cleveland.com,
20 Mar. 2018
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Two months later, Trump and Harris remain neck and neck in the polls.
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Prachi Gupta,
refinery29.com,
3 Oct. 2024
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The stakes of the debate are enormous: Harris and Trump are neck and neck in the polls, and this event may be their only match-up of the cycle.
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Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2024
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