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  • noun Plural form of racer.

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Examples

  • The way the ice is shaped — piled thick, though Canadian women's pilot Helen Upperton says it was even thicker before she and other racers from the host nation suggested changes a year ago — it makes it difficult for bobsleds to get through if they're not on the absolutely perfect line.

    Olympic sliding track to get minor makeover 2010

  • Once again racers faced atypical cyclocross weather and a dry, dusty, mostly flat 2. 4km course, with a slight wind and temperatures in the upper 40s.

    Zdenek Stybar wins round 2 of 2010 World Cup cyclocross 2010

  • Both Bathurst winners and long-term racers at the top line in Australia.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • The first test for the racers was a 4.5 mile flat circuit with a set of technical corners, a taste of what the riders will experience over the next two stages.

    Bissell dominates at Tour of Elk Grove ITT 2010

  • The rest of the racers were a collection of some of the tougher alien races in the universe.

    Starfleet Academy: The Edge Rudy Josephs 2010

  • The rest of the racers were a collection of some of the tougher alien races in the universe.

    Starfleet Academy: The Edge Rudy Josephs 2010

  • We saw Air Force One fly over the racetrack about 15 minutes ago, and President Bush is going to call the racers to rev up their engines and begin this event.

    CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2004 2004

  • One of the racers is the first female to ever paddle the entire length of the Colorado River.

    TOP STORIES - News 8 2010

  • The Santa Monica Police Department and California Highway Patrol closed the southbound lanes of Pacific Coast Highway for almost 1/2-hour to get event participants from the beachside parking lot onto I-10, the Santa Monica Freeway, so "racers" could make their way about 50 miles south for the first stop in their eight-day adventure, Anaheim Stadium, home of the California Angels.

    Steve Parker: Gumball Rally 3000 photo album 2009

  • This creature would not have passed muster at a county fair; no Suffolk blood compacted and rounded him; he belonged to the "racers," and skipped about his pen with the alacrity of a large flea, wiggling his curly tail as expressively as a dog's, and "all but speakin '," as Israel said.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Various

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