Sentence examples similar to almost in first place from inspiring English sources

Before "Millionaire" became a weekly series, ABC was languishing in third place; it ended the season in first place almost solely on the strength of "Millionaire".

Amazon Web Services is in first place with almost 30percentt of market share.

The Seattle Mariners were comfortable and content almost every day this season, cruising along in first place in the American League West.

"Almost everywhere we go, we usually come in first place or take the whole thing," said Daniel E. Acosta, 17, a senior who is captain of percussionists and wears a windbreaker emblazoned with patches attesting to his achievements.

They are almost immediately ahead of Canada 2, who were in first place.

They qualified in first place ahead of Denmark by a chasm of almost exactly four seconds.

She finished — in first place.

Cantonese remains in first place.

He finished 0.393 seconds faster than Rosberg, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel almost a second behind in third place.

With six games remaining — all on the road — the Mets appear almost certain to finish in fourth place for the fourth consecutive season.

That would almost certainly seat Ford in third place in the U.S. auto market for the first time in decades, behind General Motors, which had roughly 25% of the market through August, and Toyota, which had 15% but is adding manufacturing capacity.