But I have another, which comes in a close second.

In some comparisons, I come in a very distant second.

The Orioles, winners of 100 games, came in a close second.

It is better than music, although I do believe jazz comes in a close second.

How is one to treat the insight that comes in a split second?

He was skiing like a demon and she came in a poor second.

Joe ends up shattering the record with Billy coming in a close second.

Christopher Sugden, a newcomer to local government, came in a close second.

But mutual funds - essentially collective money managers - usually come in a close second.

And with the implication, of course, that military leaders came in a close second.