derby
noun
, especially British ˈdä-\
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Derby
geographical name
, chiefly U.S. ˈdər-\
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a derby between Manchester United and Manchester CityRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
His departure will make for another intriguing quarterback derby beginning in spring practice between Fields, a dual-threat player with a big arm, and fleet Tate Martell, who already has two years playing under Day’s tutelage. — Mitch Stacy, The Seattle Times, "Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins declares for NFL draft," 7 Jan. 2019 Manchester for Leicester City's match with Manchester City, and Milan for the Milan derby. — SI.com, "Superfan Relay: How The Most Passionate Fans Experience Matchdays Around The World," 21 May 2018 The Foundation Sportsmen’s Club Original Sturgeon Derby, aka Super Bowl derby is this coming Saturday and Sunday out of McAvoy’s Boat Harbor in Bay Point. — sacbee, "Fishing line: Steelhead action improves on American River | The Sacramento Bee," 29 Jan. 2018 The two-way star, tabbed baseball's most intriguing player, would seem to be a natural for the home run derby. — Mike Digiovanna, latimes.com, "Reliever Blake Parker enjoying resurgence with Angels," 21 May 2018 The same month Kentucky derby winner, Barbaro suffered an injury during the Preakness Stakes. — Fox News, "Gutfeld: The lone effectiveness of Trump," 15 July 2018 Gregg Doyel meets olympic luger Aiden Kelly, who teaches budding gold medalists the craft at Indy's soapbox derby hill, Indianapolis, Saturday, June 23, 2018. — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, "Doyel: USA Luge's search for next great Winter Olympian visits Indianapolis," 28 June 2018 On social media, the roller-derby cheerleaders are mocked—their manliness, fashion sense and dance skills questioned. — Nina Adam, WSJ, "Female Roller Derby Skaters Are Fearless—So Are Their Male Cheerleaders," 7 Dec. 2018 But an important, less quantifiable component of the Heisman derby takes place during the offseason. — Chris Johnson, SI.com, "The Most Intriguing Dark Horses of the Offseason Heisman Hype Machine," 17 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'derby.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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