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- noun The middle of a
race
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Examples
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A long, decisive time trial at midrace could give the edge to two-time Vuelta champ Denis Menchov
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Sven Nys Landbouwkrediet bounced back from a midrace crash to win the Nissan Super Trophy Cross at Ronse on Sunday.
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: For the third time in three years, the Tour de France was thrown into turmoil as one of its leaders failed a drug test in midrace.
What To Make 2008
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He glanced toward the far end of the adjacent table, where an old man with a white ponytail sat bent across the arm of his chair, watching horses in midrace and showing the anxious lean of body english that marks money on the line.
Falling Man Don DeLillo 2007
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Last month, Chicago shut down its marathon in midrace due to overheating.
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The fuel issues, and a midrace crash by Kyle Busch, shuffled the final running order and put Keselowski in position to win the race.
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There is even a Sunday wrinkle in which the adult wieners do a midrace handoff to similarly costumed children, although that was put aside for the postseason.
NYT > Home Page By PAT BORZI 2011
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The fuel issues, and a midrace crash by Kyle Busch, shuffled the final running order and put Keselowski in position to win the race.
SI.com 2011
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Instead, perhaps overwhelmed by pre-race presumptions, she collapsed in midrace.
SI.com 2011
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The 2010 series runner-up has spent the past four weeks attempting to mitigate his free fall out of Chase contention, and he managed well enough on Saturday, even after being caught in a potentially disastrous midrace accident.
CNN.com 2011
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