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racing

/ˈɹeɪsɪŋ/ noun B1
  1. The sport of competing in races. (uncountable)

Plural racings

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“I don’t approve of children’s getting up concerts and racing about to practices.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 184 · C1
“Be easy, my dear boy; they will come in due season; it is only a question of how much shall be charged for them.” Morcerf then, with that delighted philosophy which believes that nothing is impossible to a full purse or well-lined pocketbook, supped, went to bed, slept soundly, and dreamed he was racing all over Rome at Carnival time in a coach with six horses.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 349 · C1
A half moon broke through the rifts of racing clouds.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 73 · C1
I suggested racing to see who would get into bed first.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 153 · C1

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