Sentence examples for beat runner-up from inspiring English sources

She scored 30 of St. John's 195 points, good enough to beat runner-up Fordham (144).

Ruler Of The World, the first ever winner of the mile-and-a-half race to wear cheekpieces, beat runner-up Libertarian and third-placed Galileo Rock to become the first horse since Commander In Chief 20 years ago to win the battle of the three-year-olds without having run aged two.

Loeb, a nine-time champion in the series, collected his eighth victory in the Argentine event, beating runner-up Sebastien Ogier handily.

The film made £34.27 million in ticket sales this year to claim the top spot at the British box office, beating runner-up The Inbetweeners 2 by over £1 million in takings.

The city was chosen as the 2012 host in a close 2005 International Olympic Committee (IOC) election, beating runner-up Paris (the heavy favourite, which also was attempting to become the first three-time host) by four votes.

Messi was named winner of the 2009 Ballon d'Or on 1 December 2009, beating runner-up Cristiano Ronaldo by largest ever margin of 473 to 233.

"Hey Ya!" topped the 2003 Pazz & Jop list, a survey of several hundred music critics conducted by Robert Christgau, with 322 mentions, beating runner-up Beyoncé Knowles' "Crazy in Love" by 119.

Chamberlain made history by becoming the only center in NBA history to finish the season as the leader in assists, his 702 beating runner-up, Hall-of-Fame point guard Lenny Wilkens' total by 23.

It beat the runner-up, NYC Loop, which from one angle looks kind of like an upended ivy-covered bathtub, by an undisclosed number of votes.

Chandler easily beat the runner-up, Orlando's Dwight Howard (57.3).... Steve Novak won the 3-point crown, with a league-leading 47.2 rate (133 for 282).

He followed up Thursday's victory with a sprint that beat the runner-up Tyler Farrar, the top American sprinter, who is competing with a painful bone fragment in his left wrist.