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Recent Examples of racer
An avid skydiver and motorcycle racer, Landi liked to live on the edge: of the world, of the law and of life itself.
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Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Parnelli Jones Legendary racer and 1963 Indianapolis 500 champion Parnelli Jones died in June at the age of 90.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Parking Garage Rally Circuit is doing its best to bring the arcade racer genre back single-handedly.
—Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
Remarkably, Van Gisbergen was unharmed, but the damage to the vehicle was severe enough to prevent him from rejoining the later 20-lap feature race, which proceeded without him and was ultimately won by another racer, James Dahm.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Parnelli Jones Legendary racer and 1963 Indianapolis 500 champion Parnelli Jones died in June at the age of 90.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Parking Garage Rally Circuit is doing its best to bring the arcade racer genre back single-handedly.
—Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
Remarkably, Van Gisbergen was unharmed, but the damage to the vehicle was severe enough to prevent him from rejoining the later 20-lap feature race, which proceeded without him and was ultimately won by another racer, James Dahm.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racer
Noun
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Prairie rattlesnakes have evolved an easy solution to this problem.—
Jason Bittel,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Giving 11 venomous snakes a chance to escape inside your office sounds risky, but one of the nation’s top rattlesnake experts did just that to prove a point.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
3 Jan. 2025
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Amphibians such as frogs and toads thrive in the moisture-rich soil, while reptiles like garter snakes patrol the forest floor.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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However, eastern garter snakes and eastern rat snakes are both native to Virginia.—
Charna Flam,
Peoplemag,
13 Aug. 2024
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Share [Findings] Interviews with reptile poachers in southwestern Balochistan indicated that the Caspian cobra, the desert monitor, the Iranian mastigure, Maynard’s longnose sand snake, the Persian spider gecko, and the Tartar sand boa were being captured for use by snake charmers.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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In November, a man from Stellenbosch, South Africa, returned home to find a cape cobra coiled under a pillow on his bed.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
2 Jan. 2025
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On a water snake, there’s no mask, just little vertical stripes below the eye.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2024
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For one thing, rattlesnakes have different fat profiles than Chinese water snakes.—
Jordan Friedman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Oct. 2024
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It was created in 2014 and honors the late German designer’s legacy, from his sunglasses to his suits and dazzling black racer gloves.—
Nadja Sayej,
Forbes,
28 Oct. 2024
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But a few days ago, Cockerham’s son saw a black racer come out of the lemongrass.—
Hannah Farrow,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2024
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Filmed over nearly four years, the series explores locations from the Himalayas to the Western Pacific, featuring wildlife stories including elephants that have learned to stop buses to steal food in Sri Lanka and sea snakes hunting in partnership with fish.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2024
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There was yet more to see—wild horses and noodle-nosed saiga antelope, coves of turquoise water filled with shipwrecks and sea snakes, and camel caravans on the Turkman border.—
J.R. Patterson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 June 2024
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Revolving around a community of sea serpents living on a secret island in the middle of the ocean, the feature is based on the children’s book series by Tor Åge Bringsværd and illustrator Thore Hansen, which ran across nine books from 1972 to 2019, creating a cross-generational brand.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2024
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There's also an Orkney origin story involving a giant sea serpent.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
4 Oct. 2024
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All sorts of animals that would horrify the average homeowner — like a four-foot-long venomous coral snake — were now his neighbors, which led to deeper reflections.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
11 Nov. 2024
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This family of about 400 species includes coral snakes, cobras, and mambas and is considered medically important since their bites can destroy tissue, cause the heart to collapse, induce blindness, and more.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 Sep. 2024
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“Racer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racer. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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