Naturally, Mom's faults make her a close runner-up. From Wordnik.com. [Why Men Need Family Values] Reference
LYDEN: So can we just kind of do the runner-up thing?. From Wordnik.com. [Songs Of The Week: A Tournament Of Music] Reference
Donovan was tournament MVP, with Beasley the runner-up. From Wordnik.com. [Fresh Legs] Reference
HOW COULD YOU TELL the gold medalist from the runner-up?. From Wordnik.com. [Weeping Winner] Reference
Army (-) A runner-up for peace prize, but never got close. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize Edition] Reference
But Quayle's runner-up, with 5 votes, was "no preference.". From Wordnik.com. [Quayle Gets A Confidence Vote] Reference
And that cost him and he ended up as a runner-up yet again. From Wordnik.com. [Glover Wins Rain-Soaked U.S. Open] Reference
He also was the runner-up in the 1994 presidential elections. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico's Drug War Spawns Wave Of Kidnappings] Reference
Reebok is a poor runner-up to Nike in any chutzpah competition. From Wordnik.com. [Soles Of Gold] Reference
Cecilia Colledge, now 78, was runner-up to Henie at the '36 Games. From Wordnik.com. [Dressed To Kill] Reference
Gates's debut, "Jernigan," was a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize. From Wordnik.com. [Down And Out In Love And Marriage] Reference
True, we can't all be Miss Universe -- or even the fourth runner-up. From Wordnik.com. [Making sense of Miss Philippines's 'Major Major'] Reference
Mr. BURBANK: Are you constantly running away from the first runner-up?. From Wordnik.com. [Miss America Caressa Cameron Plays 'Not My Job'] Reference
The prize money went to the closest runner-up - for a paltry 528-pounder. From Wordnik.com. [A Fish Story Where The Cash Prize Got Away] Reference
Some people argue that the "Idol" runner-up may actually be the lucky one. From Wordnik.com. ['Idol' Worship] Reference
He was voted most athletic, most popular and runner-up for most conceited. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Rostenkowski, 82; powerful committee chairman in U.S. House] Reference
(The runner-up for the job, incidentally, was another woman at the company.). From Wordnik.com. [In A League Of Her Own] Reference
Only those boys can look at you at 42 and see the homecoming queen runner-up. From Wordnik.com. [Assumption] Reference
TURAN: Hudson, a runner-up on “American Idol,” makes her film debut here. From Wordnik.com. ['Dreamgirls' Is a Triumph of Old School Glamour] Reference
After all, three years before Nagano, Lipinski was only a runner-up in the junior ranks. From Wordnik.com. [The Long, Winding Road To Gold] Reference
She is rich enough in the seven intelligences to be the fourth runner-up to Miss Universe. From Wordnik.com. [Making sense of Miss Philippines's 'Major Major'] Reference
Once he was considered a possible runner-up to Mandela; that would give him a cabinet seat. From Wordnik.com. [Warriors Of Intimidation] Reference
Darnell could use such a runner-up bride, now that the winner, Darva Conger, has bailed out. From Wordnik.com. [Doubts About The Candidates] Reference
A two-time runner-up, Kolobnev hopes he gets another shot at the rainbow jersey in Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Kolobnev already thinking of the world championships] Reference
In the winter category, the General Altimax Arctic was a runner-up to the Michelin X-Ice XI 2. From Wordnik.com. [New tire tests and Ratings] Reference
Roddick won his only Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows, and he also was the runner-up in 2006. From Wordnik.com. [Andy Roddick Upset At US Open Following Outburst] Reference
Ever since the genre broke through commercially in 1991, Corgan has been a kind of runner-up hero. From Wordnik.com. [Germ Warfare] Reference
So I lucked out again, because runner-up was nothing to scoff at, and they presented me a check. From Wordnik.com. [[nearly here]] Reference
Lee Hamilton: Some handicappers have Indiana rep. and veep runner-up as Clinton's secretary of state. From Wordnik.com. [How He Would Govern] Reference
Heather White-stone, 21, learned she'd won this year's crown by reading the tips of the first runner-up. From Wordnik.com. [A Different Drummer] Reference
A runner-up for this award is Donald Fites, who recently retired as chairman of Caterpillar in Illinois. From Wordnik.com. [The Envelope, Please] Reference
"American Idol" runner-up Blake Lewis, on 17-year-old competition winner Sparks "Age has been redefined.". From Wordnik.com. [Perspectives: Quotes in the News] Reference
Grandsire of Charismatic's toughest competition so far, this year's Derby and Preakness runner-up, Menifee. From Wordnik.com. [Suing To End A Clinton 'Cover-Up', Listen For The] Reference
It may not have the cutting-edge sophistication of "Shrek" or the Pixar movies, but it's a close runner-up. From Wordnik.com. [THREE MAMMALS AND A BABY] Reference
House of Representatives, the candidate with a majority would become president, the runner-up would become vice president. From Wordnik.com. [The Final Repudiation] Reference
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