HORSE RACES Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

horse races

noun

plural of horse race

as in ball games

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as in photo finishes

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Noun

Log temples atop the mounds overlooked wide plazas for ball games, ceremonies, and open-air markets.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Stop by the visitor center to check out volleyballs, basketballs, Frisbees, cornhole sets, baseballs and bats, or ladder ball games.

— Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 4 June 2026

Definition of ball games

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Videos of the confrontations got hundreds of thousands of views on social media, a burst of attention for a conservative youth organization that is charting its next chapter after last year’s fatal shooting of its leader Charlie Kirk.

— Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The latest deployment of the jets highlights China’s potentially cheaper approach to the increasingly frequent air confrontations in the contested region.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of confrontations

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These and other wars in the region came at a huge human cost, too.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, revered by the global left for his stance on migration and the wars in Gaza and Iran, has faced mass protests over the Ceuta border crisis.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of wars

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Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants John Harbaugh makes his Big Blue debut in one of the league’s oldest rivalries.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Against a backdrop of hedonistic parties, Bonfire Night chaos, the Hampshire Hunt Ball and a turbulent Christmas, affairs unravel, alliances fracture and rivalries intensify.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

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