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racing

ADJECTIVE
speeding
Synonyms
STRONG
darting dashing fast flying galloping hastening hurrying running rushing sailing swift tearing whisking whizzing zooming
WEAK
speedy
Antonyms
STRONG
slow
WEAK
crawling creeping
NOUN
competition
Synonyms
STRONG
competing contest darting dashing flying galloping hurrying running rushing sailing sport sporting sprinting tearing track trotting whizzing

Example Sentences

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The high-powered Indy cars that will be racing in Sunday’s Grand Prix of Long Beach will burn about two gallons of fuel on each of their 90 trips around the tight 1.968-mile street course.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Persuading external businesses to part with these sorts of sums just to back an aspiring racing driver is extremely difficult.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

So investors who were “overhedged for chaos” have sent prices of put options, or bets on markets going lower, crashing and big investors racing to cover bearish positions on stocks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

“I’m not racing to get my dance card full,” he says, almost as an aside.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

I can see Lizzie’s mind racing to absorb this new information.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin