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racer

[rey-ser] / ˈreɪ sər /
NOUN
competitor in a race
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"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

On the festival’s second day, super-driver Travis Pastrana took the Subaru “Brataroo” rally racer fully agricultural at Turn 2 before gathering it up and rejoining the circuit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Event organisers said six other spectators and the motorbike racer had now been discharged from hospital.

From BBC May 26, 2026

A bicycle racer who went on long solo training rides in the mornings before school.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

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

Now, there are thought to be fewer than 30 greyhound racers left in in the country.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

On average, racers finish in an hour and a half.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

I had never dreamed in my wildest dreams that someday I would march in a band playing my silver horn, wearing a spring parka trimmed with wolverine fur, and welcome racers of the famous Iditarod.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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