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relay

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


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I described it as a relay race: We start with democracy and Piggy, then comes cracking of civility and Jack, then chaos with Simon, and finally war with Ralph.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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

The mission was created to show how wideband communications technology can allow spacecraft to transmit data through both government and commercial relay networks.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

But he added they also would not have occurred without asking and pursuing answers to questions ourselves, and encountering unexpected information or results that AI systems might not relay.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Then Angie giving armbands to the relay team like it didn’t have anything to do with me—that hurt.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée




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