second position
Americannoun
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Japan's Yuma Kagiyama held his second position to take silver with Sato moving up from ninth onto the podium.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
“Unfortunately, that promoter didn’t respond in time so the commission gave the date to…the second position promoter, which was UFC.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
New Zealand began the day in second position in the group, but Norway moved above them thanks to a convincing 6-0 victory over the Philippines.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2023
Alonso, who had challenged Hamilton for second position throughout much of the race, was hit by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz on the first corner of the restart.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
Not quite to second position port de bras.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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