jockey
Example Sentences
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The intense scrutiny under which the characters in “Bugonia” place each other as they jockey for position demands extreme trust and listening.
From Los Angeles Times
Teenage jockey Billy Loughnane has broken the record for the most wins in a calendar year this century.
From BBC
The 28-year-old British champion jockey took up the lead well before the halfway mark on the 5/1 chance of the 5800 metres marathon and dominated the contest from then on.
From Barron's
The jockeying has divided Rarotonga, where chickens and dogs roam freely, and buildings aren’t allowed to be bigger than the tallest coconut trees.
"I thought I'd won by a head and didn't have anything to worry about it," said jockey Jones.
From BBC
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