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  • noun Plural form of footrace.

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Examples

  • In Douglaston, Queens this was the day of the annual athletic competition at the local ballfield -- footraces of various distances, and a running broad jump into a sawdust pit.

    Charlie Carillo: A Fourth of July Miracle Charlie Carillo 2011

  • So I never took a shot in basketball that wasn't blocked, I always popped up or struck out in softball, and in footraces of any distance all I ever saw was everybody else's asses.

    Charlie Carillo: A Fourth of July Miracle Charlie Carillo 2011

  • In Douglaston, Queens this was the day of the annual athletic competition at the local ballfield -- footraces of various distances, and a running broad jump into a sawdust pit.

    Charlie Carillo: A Fourth of July Miracle Charlie Carillo 2011

  • So I never took a shot in basketball that wasn't blocked, I always popped up or struck out in softball, and in footraces of any distance all I ever saw was everybody else's asses.

    Charlie Carillo: A Fourth of July Miracle Charlie Carillo 2011

  • So I never took a shot in basketball that wasn't blocked, I always popped up or struck out in softball, and in footraces of any distance all I ever saw was everybody else's asses.

    Charlie Carillo: A Fourth of July Miracle Charlie Carillo 2011

  • So I never took a shot in basketball that wasn't blocked, I always popped up or struck out in softball, and in footraces of any distance all I ever saw was everybody else's asses.

    Charlie Carillo: A Fourth of July Miracle Charlie Carillo 2011

  • * Someday, all that will be left of our civilization are eerily thorough electronic records of amateur footraces.

    Ben Falik: Hot to Trot: The Tradition Before the Tradition Ben Falik 2011

  • Three years ago, Mr. Buffett tried to put an end to footraces to the microphones that at times became scrums.

    Q: What Does It Take to Get to the Oracle? Serena Ng 2011

  • In Douglaston, Queens this was the day of the annual athletic competition at the local ballfield -- footraces of various distances, and a running broad jump into a sawdust pit.

    Charlie Carillo: A Fourth of July Miracle Charlie Carillo 2011

  • In Douglaston, Queens this was the day of the annual athletic competition at the local ballfield -- footraces of various distances, and a running broad jump into a sawdust pit.

    Charlie Carillo: A Fourth of July Miracle Charlie Carillo 2011

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