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dark horse

dark horse

noun

Definition of dark horse

1a : a usually little known contender (such as a racehorse) that makes an unexpectedly good showing

b : an entrant in a contest that is judged unlikely to succeed

2 : a political candidate unexpectedly nominated usually as a compromise between factions

Recent Examples on the Web

//But take a moment and consider my dark horse candidate: sulfur dioxide.
— Anton Alexandrovich Toutov, The Conversation, "Sulfur pollution from coal and gas is insanely bad – but a new chemistry innovation could clean it up," 23 Oct. 2019
//The dark horses: Damoun Patterson, Braxton Berrios, Ryan Davis, Gunner Olszewski.
— Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com, "Receiving jobs will be up for grabs during Patriots training camp," 19 June 2019
//But a few dark horses will emerge to make those conferences races more interesting.
— Ralph D. Russo, The Denver Post, "Minnesota, Baylor among college football’s dark horse league contenders," 18 Aug. 2019
//But to the surprise of anyone who's been following the race so far, the dark horse of tonight's debates was Marianne Williamson.
— Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, "What Exactly Is Marianne Williamson's Reparations Plan?," 31 July 2019
//The Colts reported Wednesday to Grand Park for their 2019 NFL training camp to odes that say the Colts aren’t just the AFC South favorite but a dark horse to win the AFC championship, perhaps even the Super Bowl.
— Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, "Doyel: This Colts team is good. To pretend otherwise is ridiculous. But don't expect it to go to their heads," 24 July 2019
//Quarterfinal 4 -- Italy vs Netherlands (Saturday) Italy, competing at a Women's World Cup for the first time in 20 years, is regarded as the competition's dark horses and with good reason.
— George Ramsay, CNN, "Women's World Cup: Quarterfinals set to be 'wild and crazy'," 26 June 2019
//Some consider the Spartans a dark horse to supplant Ohio State and knock off Michigan to win the Big Ten East.
— Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan State expectations: What history says Mark Dantonio can do," 23 Aug. 2019
//Every good Championship campaign needs a dark horse, an outsider for promotion who stuns the league competition.
— SI.com, "4 Reasons Why Nottingham Forest Could Be the Dark Horses of the 2019/20 Championship Campaign," 28 July 2019

First Known Use of dark horse

1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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