Sentence examples for finished neck from inspiring English sources

Members of Iraq's two leading political coalitions, which finished neck and neck in national elections in March, have been trying to court favor with the Kurds, who could be kingmakers in determining which political group controls the new government.

And the Hillary Clinton victory by a four percentage point margin ahead of Bernie Sanders failed to materialise – instead, the two candidates appear to have finished neck and neck.

And so she did, but not before a fourth round that looked painfully close, far closer than the third (they'd finished neck and neck, it transpired); two minutes felt like an hour and a half.

Netanyahu finished neck and neck with his main opponent, former army chief of staff commander Benny Gantz, but has a larger number of political parties, many on the far right, willing to align with him to form a coalition and assume leadership of the government.

Elections in the 2000s were violent, and in the 2008 presidential polls, Mr Mugabe finished neck-and-neck with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

For weeks, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have been virtually tied in the polls, so it shouldn't have been astonishing that they finished neck-and-neck Monday night.

With the two main parties finishing neck and neck, with 38.5% of the national vote each, that margin was just enough to ensure that the Greens would be a stronger partner for the centre-left than the liberals would be for the centre-right.Moreover, the defects of Mr Stoiber, the conservative challenger, became plainer as the campaign wore on.

Ken Livingstone, the Labour incumbent, and Boris Johnson, his Conservative rival, are expected to finish neck-and-neck in the top two spots, neither with a majority.

Yet everything is working out the way it always does: the Steelers will keep winning 13-9 and 14-3 games, they will finish neck-and-neck with the Ravens for the division crown, and Batch will remain perpetually warmed up, just in case.

Alternate finished a neck behind Primetimevalentine in third place.

Royal Mattjesty, who raced as part of a betting entry with the winner, finished a neck behind McArdle and a half-length in front of the favorite, Mach Three, who did not overcome the outside post.