How to Use dead heat in a Sentence

dead heat

noun
  • By then the Gallup poll had us in a dead heat.
    — Chris Matthews, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • Learn more about golf rules, match-ups, futures and dead heats.
    — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Polls show the race in the battleground state in a dead heat.
    — NBC News, 30 Oct. 2020
  • If two horses hit the wire at the exact same time it’s called a dead heat.
    — Neil Greenberg, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Trump has a tiny edge The polling suggests that the race is close to a dead heat.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The contest is a dead heat after last week’s debate — or close to it.
    — Mark Murray, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The presidential race is neck and neck, a toss-up, a dead heat.
    — Jack Schlossberg, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2024
  • But a Thunder win would pull them into a dead heat for the No.
    — Joe Freeman, OregonLive.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Polling suggests that Gillespie and Northam are in a dead heat.
    — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2017
  • And talking about young men, who have been flocking to Trump in a race that’s in a dead heat.
    — Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Within a couple of weeks of the ad's airing, the race narrowed to a dead heat.
    — Joe Trippi, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2017
  • This cycle, with polls showing the race in a dead heat, the debate could very well matter.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Polling has showed the race in a dead heat in Nevada, but also in six other swing states.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Floor wars are being fought in homes across America, and the two sides are in a dead heat.
    — Marni Jameson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Polling in the final days before Tuesday’s vote shows the race is a three-way dead heat.
    — Reid J. Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2022
  • The owners of the horses finishing in the dead heat will pay equal shares of the jockey fees.
    — Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 1 May 2021
  • Graham is in a dead heat in polling with Harrison, who is Black.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2020
  • The race between the Packers and the Cowboys for the sixth spot was a dead heat.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Polls have the Vance-Ryan race as a dead heat, well within the margin of error.
    — David Jackson, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Polls have the Vance-Ryan race as a dead heat, well within the margin of error.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The two candidates are in a dead heat, and if neither earns 50% of the vote, the race goes to a runoff.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Forecasts rate Ohio's Senate race as a toss-up, and most surveys have it a dead heat.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Hit Show and Angel of Empire finished in a dead heat for fourth.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
  • The title match was a dead heat through six frames as both teams stood with a 259 maximum score at that point.
    — Lewis Bagley, Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2020
  • The first dead heat for the win during the meeting turned into a bonus race for trainer John Sadler.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Jack Ciattarelli and Sherrill are in a dead heat and the race will come down to who turns out their voters the best.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The tactic seems to be working; polls show that Youngkin has gained on McAuliffe, and the race is a dead heat.
    — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The four boats in the finale reached the starting line off Fiesta Island in a near-dead heat.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • As recently as Wednesday, Warsh and Hassett were in a near dead heat.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
  • An Emerson College poll in September showed the race in a dead heat at 43%.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025

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