horse race
Americannoun
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horse races
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a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
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any formidable contest or competition.
The primary election is expected to be a horse race among four opponents.
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Olivia Wilde, “The Invite” “While best picture is a horse race, the director favorite is ‘The Odyssey’ auteur Christopher Nolan, even though he won for ‘Oppenheimer’ in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s weekly politics newsletter for closely monitoring the horse race between Trump’s approval rating and the Washington, D.C., temperature in Celsius.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
There’s a neck-and-neck commercial horse race reshaping businesses and the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
For example, there have been no debates and none are planned at the moment, and the lack of polling means that horse race coverage is nonexistent.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
"But, Ms. Wockley, we're not pretending to be in a horse race," Simeon pleaded.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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