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relay

[ree-ley, ree-ley, ri-ley] / ˈri leɪ, ˈri leɪ, rɪˈleɪ /


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If life is a relay race, your brother passed on the Social Security baton.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

Also, they have been using so-called mesh networking technology, which is harder to jam and makes it possible to relay radio signals from drone to drone, thus allowing them to cover longer distances.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The consensus among historical experts is that many were already keenly aware of the altered situation, thanks to the elaborate word-of-mouth information relay of enslaved people’s social networks.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

We’d love to hear it and will relay some of the best tales a week from now in the Markets A.M.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

I relay Teluman's reply, and the Commandant turns to regard me with cool interest.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Horse relays once moved a message approximately 155 miles a day at most.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Laser reception requires fewer relays and can be located at the data center, rather than relayed from a special antenna.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

"We found that activating this pathway excites the part of the spinal cord that relays touch and pain to the brain, causing touch to now be perceived as pain as well," said Ball.

From Science Daily Apr. 27, 2026

Dana relays that if there’s a part of Ilana’s skin that glows, she’ll swab it with a wet, then dry, cotton swab.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2026

Dad relays the day’s events to his sister.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The field has been belatedly relaid because there were concerts staged at the stadium last weekend.

From Seattle Times May 27, 2022

Saints boss Ralph Hasenhuttl named a strong side for what was Newport's first home game of the campaign, with their notorious playing surface having been relaid over the summer, and the pristine surface suited Saints.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2021

Roads have been relaid, murals touched up, and lights strewn along the paths that Ivanka will take to various venues.

From The Guardian Nov. 27, 2017

My cousins and I hope there will be a time when the debris is cleared away, roads relaid and bridges rebuilt so that we might visit the hills where our grandmother raised our fathers.

From Washington Post Oct. 6, 2017

The old metaphysical systems failed; but we have relaid the foundations of life and thought upon the solid ground of nature.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

“Because my thoughts could not be relayed over a regular phone line, I wanted them to be carried on the wind.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Instead of being in the dugout, he watched the game on TV and relayed instructions to his coaching staff.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Mojtaba Khamenei's message was read out by Tehran's Friday prayer leader Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari, while his previous statements have been relayed by state television.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

When her husband rushed from work to her side, she relayed what she said the medical team had told her: Inducing delivery or emptying her uterus would be “a crime,” he later told ProPublica.

From Salon May 27, 2026

The day Bill Toledo and I relayed that message, the last of those four rules probably saved our lives.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

He has devoted a surprising amount of time and energy into relaying the minute engineering problems plaguing this shallow pool on the National Mall.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2026

New national selector Marcus North has immediately taken on more responsibility than Luke Wright, relaying selection decisions to players – a job previously done by McCullum.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

Pakistan has said that it is relaying messages between the U.S. and Iran, with involvement from Egypt and Turkey.

From Barron's Mar. 27, 2026

She tries to create the most outlandish tale possible for when relaying to guests one on one how her husband perished.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

So he kept the men and sleds and boats close together, relaying forward one agonizing quarter mile at a time.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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