Synonyms for also-ran
al·so-ran

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1. loser, also-rannoun

   a contestant who loses the contest

   Synonyms:
   loser, nonstarter, failure, unsuccessful person

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1. Peter Richmond:

   From the very beginning, as the also-ran team in the Bay Area, representing an industrial multiracial town lying a couple of bridges away form a gentrified cultural capital, Oakland Raiders appeared to underclasses, in the seventies, when the team was half African-American, the stands in the Coliseum were equally black and white, and the tailgating parties the players joined in on after every game in the parking lots were always multiracial.

2. Top Cruz:

   There's a whole lot of people are who just holding back, you got all these damn also-ran candidates that just don't have a chance in the world, and that kind of holds people back.

3. Duane Stanford:

   Pepsi can no longer be satisfied having an also-ran to Coke Zero Sugar, reformulating Pepsi Zero Sugar is a line in the sand that says it’s time to compete in earnest for share in the most important cola segment today.