Roller Derby

Trademark.

1. a contest between two teams on roller skates, held on a circular, usually banked board track, in which the teams race around the track in each unit of play, working to free a teammate or teammates for the opportunity to score by lapping one or more opponents.

roller derby

noun

1. a race on roller skates, esp one involving aggressive tactics

Example Sentences

I had heard of Johnny Cash in the same way I’d heard of Baked Alaska, roller derby and Texarkana—things that existed that were important to people in worlds different from mine.

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Among the crowd were roller derby athletes, volleyball players, track stars, parents, nurses, doctors, church leaders, school board members, teachers and academics.

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Until she wins a “Jackpot!”-level lottery, though, her best Sunday ever will look a lot less like a roller derby of one — and a lot more like the one she sketched out below.

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But the roller derby league, in its suit, argued that the state’s human rights and civil rights statutes explicitly prohibit discrimination based on gender identity.

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And some local bans are being litigated: A federal judge ruled refused to block the New York state government from taking legal action against Nassau County’s ban, which is also being challenged by a local roller derby league.

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