DNF
Britishabbreviation
Example Sentences
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Kimi tucking back in and locking the tyres could have ended in a double DNF and not because of, you know, over-aggressive driving each other, simply by mistake.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
In distance running DNF means “did not finish”; 11 of the 91 starters, including Fiona O’Keefe, winner of the U.S. trials in February, took that option Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024
It was Leclerc’s third DNF of the season, as many as all of last season, while Sainz still does not have a podium heading into the Italian GP at Monza next weekend.
From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2023
It was Leclerc’s third DNF of the season, as many as all of last season.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2023
His family was waiting for him at the finish line, though, so “no scenario for me to quit. My 20th Ironman, 4th Kona, my slowest and hardest but great memories! Never DNF as we say!”
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022
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