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racer

[ray-ser] / ˈreɪ sər /
NOUN
competitor in a race
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The show is returning with 15 celebrities competing for the glitterball trophy, including Australian singer Delta Goodrem, former England footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips, actresses Lacey Turner and Jaime Winstone and Team GB skeleton racer Tabby Stoecker.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

"I don't know if we'll ever drive IndyCars around the nation's capital again, so the fact we're doing it is a spectacle," US racer Josef Newgarden said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

The film introduces us to Ricky Bobby’s family with a gross-out splat, implying the soon-to-be stock car racer was born in the back of a speeding Chevelle driven by his reprobate father.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Doug Baron, a Malibu resident, Porsche racer and fixture of the Los Angeles classic car community, was killed March 25 in a car accident in Camarillo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

We ascend the red-carpeted stairs, passing silver sailing trophies and the oil portrait of the hydroplane racer Gar Wood.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The cruel joke is that there are only two types of bike racers: Those who have broken their collarbone, and those who are about to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Postal outfit who has spent his apres-racing career trying to improve the sport’s reputation and make it possible for racers to ride clean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The inaugural marathon under Burke’s stewardship took place in 1986, and 11,000 racers toed the starting line, nearly half the size of the long-running and world-famous New York City Marathon that same year.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

Sainz is a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association - a group representing the interest of racers - and is a popular figure.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

Down at the end of Main Street, the other racers began to appear.

From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner




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