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  "also-ran":{
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        "catastrophe",
        "clinker",
        "clunker",
        "debacle",
        "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
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        "dud",
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        "fiasco",
        "fizzle",
        "flop",
        "frost",
        "lemon",
        "loser",
        "miss",
        "shipwreck",
        "turkey",
        "washout",
        "botch",
        "hash",
        "mess",
        "muddle",
        "shambles",
        "nonevent",
        "nonstarter"
      ],
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        "blockbuster",
        "hit",
        "smash",
        "success",
        "winner",
        "corker",
        "crackerjack",
        "crackajack",
        "dandy",
        "jim-dandy",
        "phenomenon"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
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      "synonyms":[],
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        "entry",
        "player",
        "finalist",
        "semifinalist",
        "adversary",
        "antagonist",
        "opponent",
        "archrival",
        "challenger",
        "competition",
        "competitor",
        "contender",
        "contestant",
        "corrival",
        "rival"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "also-rans":{
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      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "disappointments",
        "dogs",
        "has-beens",
        "near misses",
        "bombs",
        "bummers",
        "busts",
        "catastrophes",
        "clinkers",
        "clunkers",
        "debacles",
        "d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
        "disasters",
        "duds",
        "failures",
        "fiascoes",
        "fizzles",
        "flops",
        "frosts",
        "lemons",
        "losers",
        "misses",
        "shipwrecks",
        "turkeys",
        "washouts",
        "botches",
        "hashes",
        "messes",
        "muddles",
        "shambles",
        "nonevents",
        "nonstarters"
      ],
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        "blockbusters",
        "hits",
        "smashes",
        "successes",
        "winners",
        "corkers",
        "crackerjacks",
        "crackajacks",
        "dandies",
        "jim-dandies",
        "phenomena",
        "phenomenons"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in players , entrants":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
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        "players",
        "finalists",
        "semifinalists",
        "adversaries",
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        "opponents",
        "archrivals",
        "challengers",
        "competitions",
        "competitors",
        "contenders",
        "contestants",
        "corrivals",
        "rivals"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
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      "noun"
    ]
  }
}