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
Hearn, a 67 year-old white-water canoe racer from Bethesda, Md., has kept a low profile since Pirro’s filing Friday night, and his case hasn’t yet been thrown out by a judge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
We published our own magazines, built our own automotive businesses and, for good and bad, promoted our own outlaw street racer image and our own beauty standard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
We ascend the red-carpeted stairs, passing silver sailing trophies and the oil portrait of the hydroplane racer Gar Wood.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Trains went cross-country in four days, nearly six times as fast as the racers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Sainz is a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association - a group representing the interest of racers - and is a popular figure.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
I couldn’t believe the volume of sugary carbs the racers were taking on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 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
“Oh, this should be good,” Seven said, rubbing her hands together as the racers got into place.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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