racer
Americannoun
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a person, animal, or machine that races
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a turntable used to traverse a heavy gun
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any of several long slender nonvenomous North American snakes of the colubrid genus Coluber and related genera, such as C. lateralis ( striped racer )
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"I don't know if we'll ever drive IndyCars around the nation's capital again, so the fact we're doing it is a spectacle," US racer Josef Newgarden said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The film introduces us to Ricky Bobby’s family with a gross-out splat, implying the soon-to-be stock car racer was born in the back of a speeding Chevelle driven by his reprobate father.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Event organisers said six other spectators and the motorbike racer had now been discharged from hospital.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Garrett Mitchell — the YouTuber and stock car racer known as Cleetus McFarland — posted a tribute to his longtime friend on Facebook.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
I grabbed the phone like a relay racer taking the baton.
From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez
But what the racers needed were mechanics and reliable routes, especially in the open plains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Now, there are thought to be fewer than 30 greyhound racers left in in the country.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
During the last stretch, when racers start to lose confidence and exhaustion reaches its height, the crowd is your only sense of celebration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
On average, racers finish in an hour and a half.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
One by one he began to pass the other racers.
From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner
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