medley relay

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Track. a relay race in which individual members of a team usually run an unequal portion of the total distance.Compare distance medley, sprint medley.

Swimming. a relay race in which no member of a team uses the same stroke as another.

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Origin of medley relay

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby medley relay

medivac, medlar, MEDLARS, Med. Lat., medley, medley relay, MEDLINE, Médoc, Medon, medorrhea, medrese

Example sentences from the Web for medley relay

Not to mention what happens when this medley of men comes back home.
Dutch Biker Gangs Vs. ISIS|Nadette De Visser, Christopher Dickey|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When asked how she feels about paving the way for abortion education on the Internet, Steinauer was quick to relay her enthusiasm.
The Internet’s First Abortion Class|Samantha Allen|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rumor has it Destiny's Child may be coming out to perform a greatest hits medley in the middle of it.
Jay and Bey, On The Run For One Night Only|Starbucks|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pippa and and her brother are part of a team of eight cyclists, and will be riding three hours a day each in relay.
Pippa's Cross America Cycle Race|Tom Sykes|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Defendants instead had an assistant relay to Raimondi that Olenicoff had a change of heart about the sculptures.
Real Estate Mogul Igor Olenicoff Busted for Art Forgery|Justin Jones|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This monstrous medley gave birth to the macaroni style, the very climax of barbarism.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
There were boxes of cakes, fruit, and eggs; and jinrikishas piled with a medley of gifts.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
I do not know how I could have looked Elfrida in the face again had he indeed risen no more from that medley.
A Prince of Cornwall|Charles W. Whistler
So he kept on, posting the last of the mermen in his mental relay well away from the city, but swimming upstream himself.
Star Born|Andre Norton
Three thousand years ago the Italian peninsula presented a veritable medley of races.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States|James Hamilton Lewis

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