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as in competing
to engage in a contest
just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?
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as in driving
to proceed or move quickly
was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India
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Recent Examples of racing
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
This non-racing fan, however, found the film most interesting with Sonny exploiting the rules to eke out tiny advantages or Kate redesigning to squeeze out an extra tenth of a second.
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Michael Ordoña,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 June 2025
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
Ernst, dressed head-to-toe in AM’s signature racing green, is discussing what might one day be possible in F1 with artificial intelligence.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
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Adjective
In his long non-racing career, there have been a few mishaps.
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Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
This non-racing fan, however, found the film most interesting with Sonny exploiting the rules to eke out tiny advantages or Kate redesigning to squeeze out an extra tenth of a second.
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Michael Ordoña,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 June 2025
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Google and Samsung have been racing toward the same goal by incorporating Gemini into Android in recent years.
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Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
Ernst, dressed head-to-toe in AM’s signature racing green, is discussing what might one day be possible in F1 with artificial intelligence.
—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racing
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The difference between Denver’s running game with Dobbins (Weeks 1 to 10) and without him (Week 11 through the end of the season) has been well documented.
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For a sportier look, others have thicker soles and secure straps—like your favorite running shoes, but chicer.
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Louicius Deedson — the only player from Atlanta competing in this World Cup — was coming home.
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Collectors are competing for works with scarcity, exceptional provenance, and a clear place in art history.
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Also boosting demand and driving ticket prices for Saturday’s game is the fact that 41-year-old superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who has 669 million Instagram followers, is captain of the Portuguese team and has said this World Cup will be his last, making each appearance a high-profile event.
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Tire pressure sensors are vital to a vehicle’s health, especially when driving on pothole and junk-laden Atlanta streets.
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Using flying distance, an approximate 400-mile trip became a 3,550-mile journey.
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The white-gold indices, also hand-engraved, and star trails, evoking the night sky, are joined by 18-karat-pink-gold hands, a visible flying-tourbillon cage, a dual-register split-seconds flyback chronograph, and a semi-Gregorian perpetual calendar.
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Suppose a relatively small near-Earth object is speeding toward our planet, threatening to wipe the city of Dallas (whose population is over a million) off the map.
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The Yuba City Police Department on Friday released a dash camera video of the end of the chase on social media, which began after an officer saw a car speeding in the area of Stabler Lane and Jamie Drive just west of Highway 99 shortly after midnight on Monday.
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Alicia Tillman Alicia Tillman is currently the chief marketing officer at Delta, the world’s largest airline by both fleet size and market cap.
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The fleet buildup is designed to prevent such single points of failure, and the new bill contains language that would require NOAA to have backup aircraft on hand for each mission.
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Overall, the recommendations from PRT are to get on a bus at a stop closest to your home, rather than traveling closer to downtown for a stop, which will reduce traffic.
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Tec-Troit reconnects locals, and also repeat tourists, with the roots of the music, but its performers won’t earn as much as internationally traveling DJs headlining other bigger festivals.
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Digital assets are moving at hyper-lightning speed.
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“Racing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racing. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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