rackets

British

/ ˈrækɪts /

noun

(functioning as singular)
1. a game similar to squash played in a large four-walled court by two or four players using rackets and a small hard ball
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a rackets court
  a rackets championship

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Manzo was an outspoken critic of cartel involvement in extortion and other rackets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

A dogged battle between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova from the late 1970s—wooden rackets and all—is almost unrecognizable next to today’s high-intensity pace and graphite tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Investigators say that scarcity has fuelled increasingly sophisticated paper-leak rackets, linking teachers, middlemen and exam-centre staff.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Tennis rackets have large, round heads with firm, crisscrossing strings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

He immediately stood out from the rest of us because his tennis clothes and rackets were worth at least twice the tennis team’s annual budget.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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