racing

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Once, when a daredevil subordinate had landed in the hospital because of a bicycle racing accident, Raymond called him at his hospital bed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Missile defense systems, orbital data centers, asteroid mining and Mars colonies: The final frontier beckons with untold riches and glory that Rocket Lab and others are racing to claim.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

He hammered Grossman with questions about whether his wife had been drinking and racing with Erickson the night that she struck the boys with her Mercedes SUV at what experts testified was nearly 73 mph.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

A man said he did not encourage his brother to drive dangerously and denied racing moments before a crash that killed a father-of-two and seriously injured his nine-year-old son.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Okay, I thought as I worked to calm down my racing heart, I was in a blacksmith’s shop, and judging from the rudimentary-looking tools hanging on the wall, I was somewhere in the 1700s.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin