I. noun
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a racing bike
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He bought a cool new racing bike.
a racing car ( also a race car American English )
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He became a racing car driver.
a racing driver (= driving racing cars in competitions )
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world famous racing drivers like Lewis Hamilton
flat racing
golfing/sporting/racing etc calendar
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The Derby is a major event in the racing calendar.
horse racing
motor racing
racing car
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car
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He could, as Balestre had done before him, mould a new image for international car racing .
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Indy Car racing has been in existence since 1909.
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His hobbies are stock car racing and motor bikes.
greyhound
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The move would not interfere with greyhound racing and would leave the old Plough Lane football ground available for redevelopment.
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First division football is on offer at Aston Villa and rugby, speedway and greyhound racing are also regularly staged.
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Yesterday, it became apparent that those involved in greyhound racing feared that it would have a detrimental effect on their business.
horse
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Among the Peers was the Marquess of Zetland, aged 54 and better known for his love of horse racing .
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Freeze hits sport HORSE racing will be the sport hardest hit by the cold snap.
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Doncaster Central Library A substantial archive is devoted to the history of horse racing , and another to railways.
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Here you can also see National Hunt horse racing .
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I tried to put what I knew and surmised into the context of other sports. Horse racing , for instance.
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The overall picture is of the first generation harbouring little interest in sport, apart from horse racing !
mind
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Donna Ward glanced distractedly out of the window for a second, her mind racing , her hand on her book.
motor
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Male speaker Motor racing is very tricky.
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They're angry the motor racing team hasn't been able to improve on the reportedly £7million offer to tempt him back.
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But this beautifully illustrated book also provides a wonderful series of anecdotes from Edwards' life in motor racing .
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Sponsorship is important for such sporting activities as: golf, football, cricket and motor racing .
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Mansell has not embarked upon his twelfth full season in Grand Prix motor racing .
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In all respects, 1976 was an extraordinary year for Master James and for motor racing .
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It was one of the least gracious occasions I recall in my years in motor racing .
road
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In the North, road racing starts to resemble cyclo-cross, its country winter-sports version.
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Racing means road racing and speed work.
team
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They're angry the motor racing team hasn't been able to improve on the reportedly £7million offer to tempt him back.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb's mind is racing
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A thaw has set in and clerk of the course Ian Renton reports racing will definitely go ahead.
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But this beautifully illustrated book also provides a wonderful series of anecdotes from Edwards' life in motor racing .
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For a long time, Emerson simply failed to sign the contracts which would have kept him in front-rank racing .
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Francis retired from racing but has built a new career as a best selling thriller writer.
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I learned from that outing that there is in top-level racing , as well as intelligence, a physical dimension which is vastly important.
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In fact, at any circuit where racing took place, there would be a powerful presence of Bugattis.
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Ocean racing is big business involving vast amounts of money.
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You may have been single-minded about racing , but I was also tied into my work.
II. adjective
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bike
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Surtees started racing bikes in 1950 and had his first win at Brands Hatch on a Vincent in 1951 when only 17.
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I had a go on Nigel's racing bike .
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He showed the children his famed high-tech £17,500 Lotus prototype track racing bike and answered a barrage of questions.
car
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Like racing cars , except I detect a missing element of boldness.
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It's a high, like driving racing cars , flying airplanes.
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First they come to peep, then they play at racing cars .
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Honeycomb sandwich materials represent the ultimate in low weight and high stiffness, and have revolutionised aircraft and racing car design.
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It's a sport which attracts all sorts of racing car enthusiasts.
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From the owners of vintage cars to drivers who've invested thousands of pounds in buying and maintaining former racing cars.
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Aerospace manufacturers and racing car constructors can afford the necessary time and trouble; the car majors can not.
career
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Eric began his racing career only last July.
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During his racing career he rode 1,544 winners.
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His racing career hung in the balance but Cardus was back on the track within a miraculously short time.
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That year also saw Jackie Stewart end his racing career with his third championship, with Emerson as his runner-up.
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Glover, 45, and a former top-notch jump jockey, took up training relatively late in his racing career .
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Perry McCarthy had one of the saddest days of his racing career .
circuit
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Read in studio Hard-hit farmers have discovered a new way to make money ... by turning their fields into racing circuits .
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Competitors had to drive around the country's top racing circuits within the five-day time period.
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He recruits young drivers from their results on the karting and lower formula racing circuit .
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Sainz produced a typically uncompromising display in his Toyota Celica around the stately homes and racing circuits of the north Midlands.
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Brands Hatch, the famous racing circuit , is a fifteen-minute drive away.
driver
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The couple were introduced by Steffi's racing driver brother Michael.
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Second, in making occupational and recreational choices, for example being a racing driver or going climbing, people do take risks.
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Until 1979, Ward worked as a racing driver .
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The racing driver one, after all.
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Company men, like former world champion racing driver Jackie Stewart believe it's a world beater.
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Clark, twice world champion racing driver , was the first honorary freeman of Duns.
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The house was built in the 1930s by EliÜka Junkova, a celebrated female racing driver with a love of Bugatti motorcars.
team
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He has a 5,000-acre Northamptonshire estate and the family fortune allowed him to run a Formula One racing team .
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Receivers go in at Formula One racing team .
world
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The racing world was more fickle than any other she knew of.
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Half the racing world had seen me pick up Nolan and knew I could defend myself.
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History comes alive with a tour of Newmarket, the Headquarters of the racing world .
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Bachelor's Button throws the racing world into mourning by beating Pretty Polly.
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In part two: Taking a back seat ... Mansell's retirement sends motor racing world in a spin.
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racing dogs
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a racing bicycle
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But there are no hard and fast rules about the physique of a racing cyclist.
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Competitors had to drive around the country's top racing circuits within the five-day time period.
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It's a high, like driving racing cars, flying airplanes.
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The couple were introduced by Steffi's racing driver brother Michael.