- present participle of race.
racing
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Observations from NASA's retired Kepler space telescope show that young Sun-like stars can produce enormous superflares on a daily basis, sending high-energy particles racing outward through space.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Sometimes you just kind of have to power through the clamminess and the shakes and the racing heart,” said Matt Schulz, the chief consumer-finance analyst at LendingTree, who wrote a book on the topic.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Anthropic has been racing to sign cloud-capacity deals after hitting a supply crunch earlier this year that coincided with its products gaining traction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Emergency teams had been racing to retrieve survivors from affected zones, where the widespread devastation meant food and water supplies were running out.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
I was overwhelmed by the thought of racing in the Iditarod.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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