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relay

[ree-lay, ree-lay, ri-lay] / ˈri leɪ, ˈri leɪ, rɪˈleɪ /


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Atlanta’s U.S. torch relay started in L.A., where Evans was one of the first people to run with it in 1996.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

In other cases, he said, Navatek’s lobbyists would relay a request from an intermediary for a specific dollar amount.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The dozer’s cameras relay 360-degree video back to a large screen in front of the operator’s seat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

"We walked out, we came through the little starlights and we all looked at each other and said, 'this is unbelievable'," Britain's four-time global relay medallist Imani-Lara Lansiquot told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Coach then told the relay teams what Coach Whit had already told us at the last practice—that we would also be working on baton passing.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

Streatfeild’s spring activity is track and field, where she competes in the 100-meter dash, long jump and both relays.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The team then engineered three strains of Pantoea agglomerans to function as relays.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

He relays a story about his time as chief secretary to the Treasury in 2007 when he was told: "No project in the north passed the Green Book, Minister."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Laser reception requires fewer relays and can be located at the data center, rather than relayed from a special antenna.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

“But the dogs will tire before the stag does, so we place additional relays of dogs along the trail to take over when the others are winded.”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

The field has been belatedly relaid because there were concerts staged at the stadium last weekend.

From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2022

Saints boss Ralph Hasenhuttl named a strong side for what was Newport's first home game of the campaign, with their notorious playing surface having been relaid over the summer, and the pristine surface suited Saints.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2021

Roads have been relaid, murals touched up, and lights strewn along the paths that Ivanka will take to various venues.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 27, 2017

My cousins and I hope there will be a time when the debris is cleared away, roads relaid and bridges rebuilt so that we might visit the hills where our grandmother raised our fathers.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2017

Percy relaid some of the planks and hurried on with his guns, leaving behind his baggage train and hospital supplies, which were presently captured by a company headed by a warlike minister.

From The Siege of Boston by Allen French

In a phone call that evening, Karpenko relayed his conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

One of the family's lawyers, Bertrand Wattez, said the boy, Evan, denied the police account, relayed by prosecutors, that he had tried to pick up the grenade when it went off on October 5.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

"Come on, it was our moment," was the response relayed back to him.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

In an interview with David Rosenberg of Rosenberg Research, Gundlach relayed the story of a 100-year-old silver maple at his house in Buffalo, N.Y., that lost a giant limb, nearly hitting the chimney.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

I kept my eyes on the concrete floor as I relayed my father’s promise.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda

Martin, Tennessee, is a small, out-of-the-way town that is ultimately best explained to strangers by relaying its travel time from Memphis.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

People in towns and villages around Madrid have been relaying their experiences of escaping the fires, some with just the clothes they were wearing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

"There's a commander within them -- BC6 -- that leads them in relaying signals to the downstream target."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

U.S. citizen Thomas Pauken II pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered Chinese agent, having received at least $100,000 for recruiting informants, providing communication devices, and relaying intelligence to handlers in China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

So he kept the men and sleds and boats close together, relaying forward one agonizing quarter mile at a time.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong


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