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He called his third-place showing a "ticket to ride" to South Carolina, but his distant finish behind Romney and runner-up Ron Paul was widely regarded as lackluster.

News 2012

He called his third-place showing a "ticket to ride" to South Carolina, but his distant finish behind Romney and runner-up Ron Paul was widely regarded as lackluster.

News 2012

He called his third-place showing a "ticket to ride" to South Carolina, but his distant finish behind Romney and runner-up Ron Paul was widely regarded as lackluster.

The Seattle Times 2012

The third-place winner in particular has some really amazing wrinkles.

Our Brains Don’t Work 2010 « Gerry Canavan 2010

The U.S. men put themselves in great position in the ski jumping phase, landing just two seconds behind leader Finland and 34 seconds ahead of third-place Austria and 39 ahead of Japan.

U.S. men's team pockets first medal in Nordic combined 2010

While the two finalists will secure passage to Germany, the winner of the third-place match will play Europe's fifth-place side, Italy or Switzerland, in a playoff.

USA Women's World Cup qualifying campaign to begin in Mexico on Thursday against Haiti Steve Goff 2010

The biggest laggard has been Mr. Huntsman, who is heralding his third-place finish in New Hampshire as a relaunch of his campaign, but who has failed to qualify for the ballots in Illinois, Virginia and Arizona.

Chances to Slow GOP Leader Dwindle Neil King Jr. 2012

Not coincidentally, the third-place finisher was Rickey Henderson, who scored 146 runs—the two had helped each other dramatically.

The Obvious MVP...in 1991 Daniel Barbarisi 2011

Jon Huntsman's third-place finish might have been encouraging, except it's hard to see where he goes from here.

Romney's Granite Statement 2012

Those voters helped push Mr. Paul to a second-place finish and Mr. Huntsman to a likely third-place showing.

Diverse Coalition Backs Romney Janet Hook 2012