three-legged race

Example Sentences

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The two men navigated the terrain in a way that some observers compared to a three-legged race.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2021

At the 1992 Town Picnic in Chernobyl, Ukraine, the three-legged race was won for the first time by a single person.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2020

It’s as if they imagine collaborative fiction as a kind of three-legged race: goofy and fun at an office picnic, but ill suited to a serious runner.

From Salon • May 25, 2015

But for virtually all, it has become a three-legged race that is impossible to win alone.

From Inc • Jun. 4, 2013

While Oscar and Noah fumble along like they’re in a three-legged race, I try to calm the electrical storm in my head.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson