relay
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One possible long-term remedy might be river level gauges that relay changes to authorities in real-time, giving residents 20-30 minutes of warning, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Language, on the other hand, dates back only about a hundred millennia, a shorthand humans created to process and relay concepts great and small.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Brooks conveyed his selections through his assistant, who would speak with him by phone and relay the titles to the Cinematheque by email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Her reward for doing so was an Olympic 4x100m relay silver medal, before a breakthrough 2025 culminated in her first individual global medal in Tokyo.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
"Good. Coach Whit is gonna work with y'all. These two groups are our 4x800 relay teams. If anyone has a problem with this decision, speak now or forever hold your peace."
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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He relays a story about his time as chief secretary to the Treasury in 2007 when he was told: "No project in the north passed the Green Book, Minister."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Horse relays once moved a message approximately 155 miles a day at most.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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
After record-setting performances in the 4x100 relays last weekend at the Arcadia Invitational, the Servite and Rosary relay teams will try to do it again on Saturday at the Mt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
It was extra hot today, and practice was brutal—lots of fielding relays, fence sprints, and of course, push-ups—so I’m exhausted.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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Several pitches for World Cup matches are being played in stadiums that usually have artificial surfaces but which have been relaid with grass.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
The unpaid work team at the Nene Valley Railway Museum relaid a track bed at the site.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
The field has been belatedly relaid because there were concerts staged at the stadium last weekend.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2022
There’s been some hustle and bustle about the pitch at Spotland, freshly relaid as it happens, but we’re all set now and Tottenham cannot say they haven’t been warned in their cup run so far.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 18, 2018
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 G. G. Findlay
Then Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet relayed a comment from one of the organization’s college students: “A burrito shouldn’t cost $20.”
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Harvey instructed the two women to go rent a U-Haul and meet the driver to collect the UPS packages at designated locations, which were also relayed to Cuellar, Sternin said in court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Residents relayed when not to drive, when not to return, when to stay inside, and when to come out in force.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
On it, smart cameras installed around his home relayed images of his house, now under clear blue skies, with the hosepipe in the yard unravelled where he left it.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Piper relayed their commands to Coach Hedge, who was hanging over the side of the ship, banging out dents in the oars.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Martin, Tennessee, is a small, out-of-the-way town that is ultimately best explained to strangers by relaying its travel time from Memphis.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
People in towns and villages around Madrid have been relaying their experiences of escaping the fires, some with just the clothes they were wearing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
"There's a commander within them -- BC6 -- that leads them in relaying signals to the downstream target."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 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
They checked me, probed, checked again and again, Father scanning my symptoms into the Netbook several times a day, someone relaying back treatment.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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