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
He followed his father that afternoon, and they joined in the tug-of-war and the three-legged race.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
