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- adjective Having the character of a
dark horse
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Examples
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After going 1-6 in the 2008 bowl season, the Big Ten doesn't look much better this year, with title darkhorse Illinois eating dirt in a lopsided loss to Missouri and OSU struggling with a service academy.
unknown title 2009
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That might be the most perplexing one of them all if we're honest … I mean, wasn't Illinois this year's "darkhorse" pick?
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During the pregame show for Sunday night's Philadelphia-Dallas game, Dungy said the Bills are the "darkhorse" to employ the embattled Eagles quarterback in 2010.
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"darkhorse" title by upsetting the championship favorites and winning Sunday's Sylvania 300 - the first race in the Chase.
FOXSports.com News 2008
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"darkhorse" title by upsetting the championship favorites and winning Sunday's Sylvania 300 - the first race in the Chase.
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Good Harbor security consultant Paul Kurtz is the likely front runner, and serial entrepreneur Rod Beckstrom, author of the The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations, appears to be a viable darkhorse.
Experts eager to hear Hathaway's advice for Obama on cybersecurity 2009
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It has been six weeks since Hathaway, who some consider a darkhorse candidate to be named cyber czar, delivered her report to Obama.
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At one point, Beckstrom was being touted as a darkhorse candidate to be named cyber czar by President Obama.
National cybersecurity director resigns; cites roadblocks 2009
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The second question included more darkhorse candidates.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Right-leaning bloggers like dark horses better than front runners in 2012 2010
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Reporter/pundit Richard Wolffe emerges as an intriguing darkhorse in the race to replace Robert Gibbs.
Read this: Richard Wolffe, Jim Irsay, Kennedys miniseries, Jane Krakowski, etc. The Reliable Source 2011
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