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Meanings of first runner-up in English

The person or team who finishes second.

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Examples for "runner-up"
Examples for "runner-up"
1
David Cameron, Britain's prime minister, was runner-up for the second successive year.
The Guardian
2
Are Liverpool or Manchester City on course for a record runner-up season?
The Guardian
3
I was runner-up in the Irish Kennel Club Labrador competition that year.
The Irish Times
4
In 2014 former Mrs South Africa, Sarah-Kate Scott, was crowned first runner-up.
The South African
5
Seven runs better than Hadlee and five better than his runner-up… 11.
Radio NZ
Usage of first runner-up in English
1
In 2014 former Mrs South Africa, Sarah-Kate Scott, was crowned first runner-up.
The South African
2
Miss South Africa Tamaryn Green was named as the first runner-up.
The South African
3
The first runner-up was Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story and second runner-up Bong Joon-ho's Parasite.
Radio NZ
4
The first runner-up was Audra Mari, 20, from North Dakota.
Reuters
5
The field was narrowed to Davuluri and Miss California Crystal Lee, the first runner-up.
Reuters
6
Gospel singer Kevin Downswell was first runner-up that year.
Jamaica Observer
7
There would be no prizes today, no first runner-up.
Gods go begging
8
The first runner-up at the AIB Start-up Academy was Frankman which produces men's grooming products.
The Irish Times
9
She subsequently was named first runner-up.
Reuters
10
Three months later, she'd cheerfully handed her crown over to her first runner-up, a dull-witted, laser-toothed blonde from Clackamas County.
Table for five
11
Anica Kovac was the first runner-up in the Miss World 1995 beauty pageant and she married Robert Kovac six years later.
The Guardian
12
The title of Miss World 2018 has been awarded to Mexico's Vanessa Ponce de Leon with Miss Thailand named first runner-up.
The South African
13
Upon assuming the prestigious global title Zozibini yielded her crown to first runner-up Sasha Lee-Olivier who is the 63rd Miss South Africa.
The South African
14
Longacre won the title on June 14, but was replaced in late June by the first runner-up, 23-year-old Brittany Lewis of Wilmington, Delaware.
Reuters
15
That door was clearly kicked down with titles as Miss KZN 2005, and First Runner-up in Miss SA Teen in 2003 coming thick and fast.
The South African