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jockey

[jok-ee] / ˈdʒɒk i /


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She would be the first female jockey to achieve that.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Composers were known to jockey for the chance to premiere a new piece of music there, and top touring acts typically booked spots there years in advance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Growing up around horses and with his father a jockey, the singer said he loved ponies and eventually started riding racehorses at 14 years old.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Gold Phoenix was near the back of the pack in the field of 11 until the far turn, when jockey Hector Berrios began urging him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

In Baltimore’s Preakness Stakes, Stout stuck to his stirrups but finished second to Derby winner Bold Venture, foiled by the brilliant reinsmanship of Seabiscuit’s onetime jockey, George Woolf.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

They press vinyl to sell at shows, and it gets into the hands of disc jockeys at ever-larger radio stations with an increasing number of watts behind their broadcasts.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Weight-loss drugs seem most likely to appeal to athletes in weight-category sports such as boxing and wrestling, as well as horse racing, where jockeys have to meet strict weight requirements.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Catsimatidis even hired one of WABC’s legendary disc jockeys, Bruce Morrow — known to millions of baby boomers as Cousin Brucie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

But for family drama, nothing beats the one between two jockeys named Davis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

A 1993 survey found that 13 percent of jockeys suffered concussions over a period of just four months.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Historically, monarchs had a court of advisers, diplomats and merchants who jockeyed for proximity to limitless power.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

It has also jockeyed with Saudi Arabia, the biggest oil producer in OPEC, for regional clout.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

As TV producers jockeyed for scoops and access, prosecutors in the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, in Fort Worth, were faced with another task.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

For years, the two companies had jockeyed for the bragging right until 2009 when Walmart claimed it—and every year until now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

But now spectators jockeyed for position to take his picture.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

There’s a lot of financial news out there jockeying for your attention each morning.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

A few hours later, she rode through the park in a vintage car, waving to the crowd jockeying for space along the route.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

His long stay abroad has also stoked talk of a post-Biya future and accelerated jockeying among would-be successors as questions over who might replace him persist.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Some locals say the renewed jockeying for clients is the latest distraction from the fight over the toxins they believe are polluting their home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

But ideally you and your friends wanted the place just to yourselves, so there was often jockeying and arguing.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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