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IndyCar and Penske Racing will pay much of the $35 million cost to stage the race, supported by sponsors to boost attention for a series best known for the Indianapolis 500 oval classic.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
At a Knicks–Pacers game, she took photos of everything on a digital camera, and she wore nonrecording oval cat-eye sunglasses on her Citi Bike date with Timothée Chalamet.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Her ring has seven small oval diamonds and a wave design which she says illustrate life's inevitable highs and lows.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Harris not only excels on the oval, but also on the gridiron.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Jomo placed the watering can aside and began to pick the umbrella tree fruit; they had fallen during the previous night, and lay, oval and pale yellow, on the lawn.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ediacaran organisms came in many unfamiliar forms, including flat discs, leafy shapes, and ribbed ovals.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Pettit National Ice Center, in Milwaukee, is one of two Olympic-grade long-track ovals in the entire U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
The orange ovals here show how a perfect circle on the globe is distorted depending on where it is located.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
Schumacher will compete in his first oval races, with six ovals on the 17-race IndyCar schedule, including the feature Indianapolis 500 next May 24.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
Thanks to the wagering ban, the only places for it to go were seedy tracks, backwater ovals so small they were called “bullrings,” and dirt roads, but this was Irwin’s kind of racing.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
