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- noun Plural form of
charioteer . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
charioteer .
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Examples
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The Vatican also disclosed details of the program for those wanting to participate in beatification events, including a prayer vigil the night of April 30 in Circus Maximus, a sprawling, grassy field in the valley between the Palatine and Aventine Hills where ancient Romans cheered on charioteers.
Vatican: No ticket fees for Pope John Paul II beatification Mass 2011
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The Vatican also disclosed details of the program for those wanting to participate in beatification events, including a prayer vigil the night of April 30 in Circus Maximus, a sprawling, grassy field in the valley between the Palatine and Aventine Hills where ancient Romans cheered on charioteers.
Vatican: No ticket fees for Pope John Paul II beatification Mass 2011
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Such was his fame that on his retirement fans and fellow charioteers erected a huge monument in Rome, hailing him as the "champion of all charioteers".
Diocles the Roman charioteer runs rings round Usain Bolt's £21m deal Luke Gosset 2010
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The figure is recorded in a monumental inscription erected in Rome by his fellow charioteers and admirers in 146, which hails him fulsomely on his retirement at the age of “42 years, 7 months, and 23 days” as “champion of all charioteers.”
the world’s richest athlete was a charioteer | clusterflock 2010
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Unfortunately, while the men of the battalion were experienced horsemen, they had never driven chariots before, and on the first day a $10,000 team of stallions and some charioteers were injured in a collision.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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And ludicrous wages were not the only area in which charioteers led their modern sporting equivalents.
Diocles the Roman charioteer runs rings round Usain Bolt's £21m deal Luke Gosset 2010
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Prince of Egypt should have been riding to victory at the head of Pharaohs charioteers, he was lying in his bedchamber, his right leg supported by cushions, swollen and crushed.
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They were running a playful game, crisscrossing, playing their dogs as charioteers would their steeds, tugging lightly at their harnesses to yaw the dogs this way and that.
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Inside was a 20-foot stone panel, elaborately carved with scenes of battle between armed horsemen and charioteers.
Grave Robbers 2008
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And how shall thy charioteers cross the bridges without dashing the axles of their cars to pieces?
Rhesus 2008
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