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To be clear, all 50 women on The Sisterhood's list are worthy of recognition, so nobody should confuse this for a "second-best" or runner's-up deal.
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Pierce apologized to the crowd when she accepted her runner's-up trophy: "I'm sorry it didn't last long," she said to applause.
USATODAY.com - Notes: Henin-Hardenne taking post-title vacation 2005
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Williams earned $1.4 million at the US Open - her runner's-up prizemoney of $US900,000 and a $US500,000 bonus for finishing first in the standings of the US Open Series of hardcourt tune-up events in the weeks before the final grand slam of the season.
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As Lee Westwood walked desultorily on to the 18th green to receive his memento of another runner's-up finish, he could have been forgiven for wanting to use the Silver Salver as a dinner tray.
GeoffShackelford.com 2010
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When it came to the presentations, the runner's-up cheque for £500,000 was scant consolation to Berdych.
The Championships, Wimbledon 2010 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM 2010
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Yet Key is one of those tipped to captain England in the World Twenty20 in June, having led Kent to the runner's-up spot in last year's domestic event.
Cricket365 2009
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In the post-match ceremony, Federer choked up after receiving the runner's-up plate from one of his idols, Rod Laver, and was unable to get more than a few sentences into his speech to the crowd before he began to cry in earnest.
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With emotions running at boiling point at the game's end, Silva publicly refused to accept the silver medal, opting to hurl the runner's-up award on the turf rather than walk away with the second-prize.
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With emotions running at boiling point at the game's end, Silva publicly refused to accept the silver medal, opting to hurl the runner's-up award on the turf rather than walk away with the second-prize.
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In the post-match ceremony, Federer choked up after receiving the runner's-up plate from one of his idols, Rod Laver, and was unable to get more than a few sentences into his speech to the crowd before he began to cry in earnest.
NYT > Global Home 2009
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