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  • It wouldn't work, for example, if a word started with a capital M and the decorative swash flew out backward from the top left like a parachute behind a drag-race car.

    Typeface designers mix art, engineering 2007

  • Good for you for not hanging around when you knew deep down he wasn't gonna light your fire when you are 80 and still wanting to sky-dive/tango/drag-race/etc.

    blog: Mutual Dumpation 2009

  • It started with a group of teenagers attempting to drag-race an army convoy.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Tia Nevitt 2008

  • So I clicked onto the Beeb, and there was Top Gear, which is an English program in which high-performance automobiles are tested, for example, by being made to drag-race against jet aircraft.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Walter Jon Williams 2008

  • So I clicked onto the Beeb, and there was Top Gear, which is an English program in which high-performance automobiles are tested, for example, by being made to drag-race against jet aircraft.

    Lancashire Aeronautics and Space Administration Walter Jon Williams 2008

  • It started with a group of teenagers attempting to drag-race an army convoy.

    The Long Weekend Randomness Post Tia Nevitt 2008

  • If you've ever used your lightsaber as a starter's flag in an illegal starfighter drag-race.

    April 20th, 2006 curufea 2006

  • Filmmakers continue to pay homage to the movie, especially to the “chickie run” scene, in which Dean and Corey Allen (as Buzz, the knife-wielding gang leader) drag-race to the edge of a cliff.

    Dangerous Talents Kashner, Sam 2005

  • Filmmakers continue to pay homage to the movie, especially to the “chickie run” scene, in which Dean and Corey Allen (as Buzz, the knife-wielding gang leader) drag-race to the edge of a cliff.

    Dangerous Talents Kashner, Sam 2005

  • To create a hybrid using the drag-race horsepower of rock and roll and welding it seamlessly to the rolling stock of reggae music would make for an interesting journey, especially now that the post-punk landscape was beginning to look like a war zone to some people.

    Broken Music, A Memoir Sting 2003

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