footrace
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of footrace
Example Sentences
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Still, Mr. Lee has wonderfully evoked the unmatched urgency of this period of childhood, when everything, from a footrace to a girl’s smile, feels like a matter of life and death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
From there, it was a footrace in what was going to be a close play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
It’s a footrace, then, between the law and the clock.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2024
He kicked into space behind the Georgia defence and effortlessly won the footrace, but his fingertip grounding was contentious with boos ringing as it was awarded on review.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023
We cannot take the metaphor of a footrace literally.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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