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
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will start in second position, and the two Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso will be in the second row.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2023
“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
The number 1 was easy to write: T. Unfortunately, 60 was also written as T; the only difference was that T was in the second position rather than the first.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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