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racer

[ray-ser] / ˈreɪ sər /
NOUN
competitor in a race
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"I don't know if we'll ever drive IndyCars around the nation's capital again, so the fact we're doing it is a spectacle," US racer Josef Newgarden said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

The film introduces us to Ricky Bobby’s family with a gross-out splat, implying the soon-to-be stock car racer was born in the back of a speeding Chevelle driven by his reprobate father.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Vela was also co-founded by François Gabart, a professional yacht racer that Fernandez-Ferri called “the Michael Jordan of sailing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Event organisers said six other spectators and the motorbike racer had now been discharged from hospital.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Kyle took off at the exact same second as the first relay racer for Marjory Muldauer’s Midwest team.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

A team in South Africa hosts all-female drag races, while the popular reality TV show The Fastest in Arabic has raised the profile of women racers in the Middle East.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Postal outfit who has spent his apres-racing career trying to improve the sport’s reputation and make it possible for racers to ride clean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

"I wanted to support the racers heading off... I think it's tremendous of him to put himself through this. It's incredible."

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

The inaugural marathon under Burke’s stewardship took place in 1986, and 11,000 racers toed the starting line, nearly half the size of the long-running and world-famous New York City Marathon that same year.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

The cow ponies, the broncs, the show horses, and the weary racers: All had helped to craft Smith into the complete horseman.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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