also-ran in the PONS Dictionary

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Last year's runners-up hosting an also-ran plagued by injuries?
www.theroar.com.au
Like the glee club of the fruit world, this also-ran is formidable.
www.smh.com.au
Anything less and they are just another also-ran.
schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com
And so we come to hi5.com, what was once seen as an also-ran is now resurgent.
www.pocket-lint.com
The great new discovery could be just another also-ran, that's the point of opinion.
www.stuff.co.nz
To some an amateur means an incompetent or also-ran, and to others it means an idealist.
en.wikipedia.org
By contrast, the election horse race was an also-ran, attracting less than a third of this amount for the same period.
theconversation.com
Some nifty gameplay mechanics and nasty enemies keep it from being an also-ran, while a little too much repetitive exploration and a short story keep it from being a contender.
en.wikipedia.org
The team grew from a chronic also-ran in the late 1960s and early 1970s to a contender near the end of the decade.
en.wikipedia.org
Many people have dismissed this company as an also-ran.
venturebeat.com

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