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race

[rays] / reɪs /






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At one point, there’s a baby race, in which a handful of fans bring their babies onto the field to race like bullfrogs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Angela Gonzales-Torres, 31, is seizing on Gomez’s issues in the race to represent California’s 34th Congressional District, a Latino-majority territory spanning Koreatown, Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, Glassell Park and adjacent neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Antonelli delivers 'the race of a champion who isn't the champion yet'

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Here are some details on what its ambitious plans say about the AI race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The words race up my throat, begging to be heard, but I don’t dare let them out, because even though it’s the truth, I know I’ll sound ridiculous.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

He has won only three races compared with Antonelli's nine.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Instead, they’ll nod and soon regret it as the adviser races ahead, talking in detail about those topics with technical lingo.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

They got to meet racer Yuki Tsunoda and hung out on the track in between races.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

We still aren’t 100 percent clear on who the people behind Wedgewood are, but they may have wanted to make money by manipulating betting markets on the races they claimed to survey.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

In the story I’m reading now, Isaiah Dunn races against the clock to find a clue hidden in a box of cereal at the grocery store.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

That hold proved the second of eight straight games for Boulter, who raced into a 4-0 lead in the decider.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Colleges raced to expand their programs as students flocked to a field that promised lucrative careers in tech.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Mining companies have raced to the region in recent years, investing billions of dollars in new gold mines to cash in on near record prices for the metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

During World War II, the United States raced to develop the atomic bomb partly out of fear that Nazi Germany might build one first.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Back at home, he raced up the stairs to his room, with his mother and sister behind him.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

Even if they make that deadline, will Hamilton still be racing?

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Lewis Hamilton repeated in Austin last weekend that, ideally, he would like to still be racing when Formula 1 returns to Africa.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

At one point, Vega said, she called Raman’s office to ask for help in fixing the curb near her restaurant that was damaged during a street racing incident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

And in January 1973, she began racing to develop a college-level English composition course that the school had proposed she teach on local public television.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Natalie said into the microphone, her heart still racing from chasing down Churro.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz


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