raced
Example Sentences
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Unverified video posted to social media showed large crowds of people leaving the scene as emergency vehicles raced to the scene.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“It’s like driving a Lamborghini to go to the grocery store to pick up milk when that was designed to be raced around a track,” he said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
French authorities have ordered thousands of tourists on the southwestern Atlantic coast out of campsites and holiday homes, as firefighters backed by water-bombing planes raced to control the blazes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The next pitch, a forkball, got past catcher Dalton Rushing, and Domínguez raced home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Clasping my Turkish fez to my head, I raced out of the room to fetch a glass of water.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
