I disagree. If your site has more topic authority than the other sites with the same content, you can appear above them and send them to the phantom zone of “we found other similar results that are not shown”
Examples:
CNN.com republishing AP news releases
Press Release Sites
Amazon outranking many manufacturers for their own products while using the same text
Want proof? Copy a bulk of text about casino affiliate something or another and paste it in this thread. I bet CAP will outrank the source for it within a few days.