Sentence examples for underdog off from inspiring English sources
Two of New York's most prominent Republicans, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and former Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato, have said publicly that the state rules that make it hard to get on the ballot -- and easy to knock an underdog off -- were wrong.
I love games when the underdog gets off to a good start, and that's exactly what St. Bonaventure has done, jumping out to an early 12-5 lead over Florida State.
There are plenty of tales of plucky underdogs pulling off unlikely victories over millionaire superstars.
All that patter about sandy-haired Horatio Alger underdogs blasting off from nowhere to somewhere; all the lofty claptrap you saw through by the time you were fifteen; all that rose-colored patina over the greed and self-interest — it turns out to be true.
All that patter about sandy-haired Horatio Alger underdogs blasting off from nowhere to somewhere; all the lofty claptrap you saw through by the time you were fifteen; all that rose-colored patina over the greed and self-interest it turnself-interest it.
But the last Republican underdog to pull off a mayoral upset — a billionaire named Michael R. Bloomberg, who first won in 2001 — did not trail by such a large amount after the party primaries.
Tom Brady, quarterback for the underdog New England Patriots, limped off the field with a sprained left ankle last week and may well need a painkiller if he is to endure further punishment today.
Zander Swinburne evaluates the talking points of wild card weekend, where the number of prospective Super Bowl champions was cut from twelve to eight. 1) Panthers prove regular season record is irrelevant in the play-offs Every year in the NFL there emerges at least one play-off underdog, a team who many expect to be booted from the competition as soon as it starts.
In fact, given the game probabilities this week, there is only a 21 percent chance that all of those favorites will win, and there's a complementary 79 percent chance that at least one of those underdogs will pull off an upset.
From the highs of Hamburg to the anguish in Ankara, the story of Billy Bingham's brave men warms the sporting soul, as the underdogs nearly pulled off the impossible.
Germany survived a huge test of their World Cup credentials to see off underdogs Algeria in extra time and set up a quarter-final meeting with France.
