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
UCLA, Iowa and Kansas State all took turns in the second position since Jan. 8 and none of the schools could hold that ranking for more than a week at a time.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024
Arizona moved into a tie with the Cincinnati Reds for the final spot, while the Cubs are in the second position, 1 1/2 games in front of the D-backs and Reds.
From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 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
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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