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relay

verb as in pass on, transmit

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At times, we’re interacting with a screen, as puppets will relay us messages and quests.

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At third base, Hernández tagged up once, then again after seeing Frelick’s bobble, before finally breaking for home plate as the Brewers relayed the ball in.

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The police report said the shooting was gang-related—a finding that prison officials relayed to inmates.

She has also been a world indoor champion in the flat 400m and is a renowned relay athlete, a gold medallist anchor leg runner with the Netherlands' 4x400m team at Paris 2024.

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At Rio 2016, Japan won silver in the 4×100 men’s relay, finishing behind only Bolt’s Jamaica.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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