three-legged race
Example Sentences
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At the 1992 Town Picnic in Chernobyl, Ukraine, the three-legged race was won for the first time by a single person.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2020
“It’s a three-legged race with the contestants going in opposite directions.”
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2018
It’s as if they imagine collaborative fiction as a kind of three-legged race: goofy and fun at an office picnic, but ill suited to a serious runner.
From Salon • May 25, 2015
MasterChef The young chefs attempt to bake while in a three-legged race.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2014
Years later, they laughed to see the girls, Mona and Callie, in a three-legged race.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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