fell into the racecourse for an abandoned water mill
Recent Examples on the WebThe then Camilla Parker Bowles, left, stands with Lady Diana Spencer at Ludlow racecourse in England in 1980, before Charles and Diana married the following year.—Max Taylor, NBC News, 5 May 2023 The difference will be the software algorithms used by each team to help its car navigate the twisting racecourse as quickly as possible.—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024 But in an effort to capture the little green widgets that lined the racecourse — a way of scoring points — the A.I. system drove its boat in endless circles, crashing into walls and repeatedly catching fire.—Cade Metz, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023 And while these are currently the only cars in the XX line that can legally be driven around town, most will almost certainly be devoted to use on racecourses the world over by owners in the XX Program.—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2023 The racecourse turned subtly northwest, providing a brief respite from triple-digit temperatures, with a hint of ocean breeze rolling in off the Pacific as our map on the Polaris Ride Command screen showed blue to our left.—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023 The 32-year-old hip-hop star kicked off his Utopia tour at the Italian capital’s monumental site — once the Roman Empire’s chariot racecourse — to a crowd of around 60,000 eager fans.—Arianna Di Cori, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023 Showing scenes including antitank defenses surrounding ancient monuments and a racecourse covered in military equipment, the pictures offer a view from the sky of how England changed during World World II.—Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2023 Many of those hotel rooms likely provided shelter from the storms for out-of-towners, as torrential rains flooded large swaths of the city and the pop-up 2.2-mile racecourse for much of the weekend.—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2023
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