runners
Example Sentences
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Many North Koreans, he said, were recording the runners with smartphones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
During his run, he said, he was taken aback by sights such as a North Korean raising a poodle’s paw to wave at runners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Thousands of spectators lined the streets to support the runners and double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes returned to the starter's platform for the elite women's race.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
After a strikeout, the runners moved up to second and third following a passed ball.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
I stare at Hana’s poster of two track runners from the Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, with their fists raised on the winners’ platform.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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