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Picabo Street was the country’s greatest downhill racer in the nineties, notching 13 World Cup wins, two world titles, and a gold medal at the 1998 Olympics.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026
The Essentials The Ukrainian skeleton racer disqualified over his remembrance helmet meets Volodymyr Zelenskyy, receives country’s Order of Freedom.
—Alex Connor, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Milan — Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned him from wearing his helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine.
—Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
The legendary 41-year-old ski racer, whose violent crash resulted in her being airlifted off the course and in surgery hours later Sunday with a complex tibia fracture that will require multiple surgeries, broke her silence late Monday night.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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Frederick Dreier, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026
The Essentials The Ukrainian skeleton racer disqualified over his remembrance helmet meets Volodymyr Zelenskyy, receives country’s Order of Freedom.
—Alex Connor, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Milan — Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned him from wearing his helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine.
—Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
The legendary 41-year-old ski racer, whose violent crash resulted in her being airlifted off the course and in surgery hours later Sunday with a complex tibia fracture that will require multiple surgeries, broke her silence late Monday night.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racer
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Founded in 1958 by local farmers and ranchers, the Round-Up began as an attempt to reduce rattlesnake populations that threatened livestock in West Texas.—
Staff Photographer,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Other rattlesnakes found as far north as Denton County include the timber rattlesnake, pygmy rattlesnake and massasauga rattlesnake, Pandelis said.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Only a few thousand San Francisco garter snakes are estimated to remain in the wild.—
Pepper St. Clair,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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In the last century, the giant garter snake’s population has declined by more than 90%, the governor’s announcement declared.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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In videos shared on social media, handlers could be seen removing two snakes from Nwangene's home and a bystander was heard identifying one as a cobra.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Herrington collectively calls them cobra kids—the cobra is a BUSAR symbol.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Non-venomous serpents include rat, garter, bull and water snakes.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 July 2025
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In 2016, 20 southern banded water snakes were pulled from the area.—
Olivia Rose,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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State Reptile: The black racer snake, adopted in 1995.—
Hailey Roden,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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It was created in 2014 and honors the late German designer’s legacy, from his sunglasses to his suits and dazzling black racer gloves.—
Nadja Sayej,
Forbes,
28 Oct. 2024
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But his game ended abruptly after a second, very real bite from a black and white banded sea snake, also known as a sea krait, which forced his medical evacuation.—
Terry Terrones,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
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Scott Reef is a remote ecosystem millions of years old that’s home to a diverse array of marine life including endangered dusky sea snakes and migratory pygmy blue whales.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
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An archetypal sea monster, the Leviathan is said to be like a dragon, a serpent or a multi-headed Lovecraftian entity—any version will do, and in this case, theorists have settled on the sea serpent variant.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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And what’s the deal with that sea serpent?—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
2 Dec. 2025
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These are one of four venomous snakes found in Texas alongside rattlesnakes, cottonmouths (also known as water moccasins) and coral snakes.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 2025
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In one YouTube video, Stanberry holds a venomous coral snake, explaining the differences between the species and other similar-looking snakes.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Racer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racer. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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