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Recent Examples of racer
Playing a car mechanic, James discovered a talent for tinkering with engines and had a stint as a stock car racer and real mechanic, notably working on Presley’s hot rods.
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
The FirePower engine was seen as both a powerful daily driver and a weekend racer as street racing culture developed.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Fernando Alonso was the last active racer to seriously pursue another category, entering the full World Endurance Championship season with Toyota in 2018, while still with McLaren, and winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
That difference, between a racer who wants to win and a team owner, sat at the heart of the late-race controversy that handed Chase Elliott the Hollywood Casino 400 victory at Kansas Speedway.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
The FirePower engine was seen as both a powerful daily driver and a weekend racer as street racing culture developed.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Fernando Alonso was the last active racer to seriously pursue another category, entering the full World Endurance Championship season with Toyota in 2018, while still with McLaren, and winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
That difference, between a racer who wants to win and a team owner, sat at the heart of the late-race controversy that handed Chase Elliott the Hollywood Casino 400 victory at Kansas Speedway.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racer
Noun
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The smallest snake in the state, the pygmy rattlesnake, packs a punch given its compact size.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Sep. 2025
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If there was a six-foot gopher snake roaming the property, why not a rattlesnake, too?—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The crushed garter snake is scrawled on the tarmac in an ampersand.—
Rosanna Warren,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Sierra garter snake told us this is not the case.—
Sean Greene,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Cleopatra was imprisoned in her palace, and legend has it that an ally brought her a basket of figs, and hidden within was the cobra that gave the Egyptian queen that fatal bite.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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Save for a quick glance at his adversary, Redford fixes his eyes on the out-of-focus holster in the foreground, a cobra waiting to strike.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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Until the early 20th century, stories of shark attacks were considered mariners’ tall tales, lumped in with mermaid and sea serpent sightings.—
Hans Walters,
New York Daily News,
19 July 2025
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Researchers will undoubtedly keep delving deep to investigate how so many real-life sea serpents thrived on our world.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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In the Southeast, there are several venomous snakes that could potentially cause an injury to a human or pet: three species of rattlesnakes (eastern diamondback, timber, and pygmy), copperhead, cotton mouth (also known as water moccasins), and coral snake, says Maerz.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Racer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racer. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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