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After receiving a handoff to the left, Gibbs cut to the right, burst through a hole, cut back to the left and won a footrace to the pylon.
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2024
In its final months, Kaestner’s lifelong quest to traverse the globe and reach a singular achievement in birding suddenly became a dramatic footrace.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2024
The defensive back won a footrace with Moore to the end zone, the 88-yard interception return for a touchdown giving the Cougars a 10-9 advantage with seven seconds left before halftime.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
Since earlier this month, there had been something of a footrace in space, with India and Russia vying to be the first country to land a spacecraft in the moon’s south polar region.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2024
In its final months, Kaestner’s lifelong quest to traverse the globe and reach a singular achievement in birding suddenly became a dramatic footrace.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2024
The defensive back won a footrace with Moore to the end zone, the 88-yard interception return for a touchdown giving the Cougars a 10-9 advantage with seven seconds left before halftime.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
Since earlier this month, there had been something of a footrace in space, with India and Russia vying to be the first country to land a spacecraft in the moon’s south polar region.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
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“Footrace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footrace. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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footrace
noun
foot·race
-ˌrās 
: a race run on foot
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