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  1. dead heatnoun

    a tie in a race

Wiktionary

  1. dead heatnoun

    a close race or contest in which no winner is apparent

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  1. dead heat

    A dead heat refers to a situation where at least two competitors or teams finish a race or competition at exactly the same time or with the same results, making it impossible to distinguish a clear winner. The term is often used in sports, particularly racing. It can also be used metaphorically in other contexts to denote an equal position or a tie.

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  1. Dead Heat

    Dead Heat is a 1988 movie about an LAPD police officer, Roger Mortis, killed while attempting to arrest zombies who have been reanimated by the head of Dante Laboratories in order to carry out violent armed robberies. Joe Piscopo co-stars.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dead heat in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dead heat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of dead heat in a Sentence

  1. Hillary Clinton:

    Hillary Clinton got what she needed in New York, a solid victory that stopped Bernie Sanders’s weeks-long winning streak … By the end of next week’s contests in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware, her lead in pledged delegates in all likelihood will be insurmountable … [ By May ] turning around public perceptions will be crucial if she hopes not just to win the presidency but to be able to rally the country behind her agenda … Trump’s problems do not diminish the fact that, standing alone, Hillary Clinton looks much weaker than recent nominees … The damage to Hillary Clinton from her battle with Bernie Sanders is borne out in the latest NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll. The longer this race has gone on, the more Hillary Clinton has shown vulnerabilities. The top-line number that caught the eyes of so many analysts shows Hillary Clinton now in a dead heat with [ Bernie ] Sanders nationally — ahead of Bernie Sanders by just two percentage points, 50 to 48percent.


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