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racing

ADJECTIVE
speeding
Synonyms
STRONG
darting dashing fast flying galloping hastening hurrying running rushing sailing swift tearing whisking whizzing zooming
WEAK
speedy
Antonyms
STRONG
slow
WEAK
crawling creeping
NOUN
competition
Synonyms
STRONG
competing contest darting dashing flying galloping hurrying running rushing sailing sport sporting sprinting tearing track trotting whizzing

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So investors who were “overhedged for chaos” have sent prices of put options, or bets on markets going lower, crashing and big investors racing to cover bearish positions on stocks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

The high-powered Indy cars that will be racing in Sunday’s Grand Prix of Long Beach will burn about two gallons of fuel on each of their 90 trips around the tight 1.968-mile street course.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

“I’m not racing to get my dance card full,” he says, almost as an aside.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Regional countries are racing to bring the U.S. and Iran back to the negotiating table after peace talks in Islamabad over the weekend ended without a deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Culver’s spring wagon and the racing car piloted by Eugene Hammond of Terre Haute.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck