race
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Yet the race has accelerated so quickly that it has become challenging to distinguish projects that are ready to build from those that might never materialize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after the race at Marina Bay.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
It comes as semiconductor stocks have had a banner year amid hyperscalers boosting their artificial-intelligence capital expenditure to quickly fund the buildout of the tool as the race to dominate in the industry fuels on.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Oregon viewers saw political ads for Maine’s Senate race after a media buying firm bought $25,000 worth of time in the wrong Portland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Oteg said, "Leave them at Kaltag. And do not wait for me. You're in a race."
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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The Italian needs to leave Austin with an advantage of at least 125 points to clinch the title, with five races at most remaining after that.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Campaigns are entering a crucial stretch for persuading the independent voters who will probably determine outcomes in swing races.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
He had a few bad-luck stumbles in races, and suffered from nagging injuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
With more than three weeks to go, both races are statistical dead heats.Wow.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
"I've talked to the people in Anchorage. I've given them the facts about the races your daughter has run, her age, and so forth. She is entered in the Iditarod."
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Trump has raced through several projects in the nation’s capital, including the building of a White House ballroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
In Long Beach, with less than two hours before high tide, workers on the Peninsula raced early Sunday morning to build a sand berm stretching westward from 62nd Place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
She has been involved since childhood, following in the footsteps of her father and uncle, who both raced competitively.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
I turned on my car’s blue emergency lights and raced to the fire house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
“That’s not even the half of it,” I said as my brain raced with horrible possibility after horrible possibility.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Both Russia and Ukraine were now racing to develop "active systems of defence" to protect armoured vehicles, Syrskyi said.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
F1 president Stefano Domenicali said the new contract was "a landmark moment for F1", which would mean the sport was racing "on every inhabited continent".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Companies are racing to deploy AI agents on networks allowing the free movement that zero-trust architecture is designed to prevent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Driven by nostalgia—and maybe the apocalypse—an army of ‘phone spotters’ is racing against the clock to rescue the U.K.’s remote red boxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
But I’ll be racing back to London when it does.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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