In his memoirs, Reagan wrote, "I intended to let the Soviets know that we were going to spend what it took to stay ahead of them in the arms race." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The United States has almost always had a racial undercaste—a group defined wholly or largely by race that is permanently locked out of mainstream, white society by law, custom, and practice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

My heart starts racing, and I just can’t seem to settle it down. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The rhythm of it matches the thumping in my head and I start to see me in the woods with Ben, him and me racing to see who could get the first smoke. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The next day she used her dinner break to race to the bank. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Carrying 130 pounds, Seabiscuit endured a rough trip and lost by a nose to the brilliant race mare Esposa, who carried fifteen fewer pounds and set a track record. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The war has been declared, now it’s a fight for power, money, and territory; we are killing each other over race, pride, and respect. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The clear majority of Americans of all races have violated drug laws in their lifetime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The history of race relations in Durham was, after all, a long line of such shams extending back for a century. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had participated in spreading the truths that had done so much to help the American black man rid himself of the mirage that the white race was made up of “superior” beings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strikers were consumed with hatred—not limited to strikebreakers but directed at blacks as a race. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

By now, the largest crowd ever to witness a crew race in the Northwest had assembled along the racecourse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Great Depression effectuated a sea change in American race relations and party alignment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“THE WATCHDOG,” shouted another, fainting from fright, for racing down the road barking furiously and kicking up a great cloud of dust was the very dog of whom they had been speaking. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Admittedly, though, the temptation to ignore race in our advocacy may be overwhelming. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Despite the messy backbone, my pulse began to race. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Since the War Admiral race was over and the weights for the Santa Anita Handicap had been announced, the trainer was no longer trying to hide his horse’s workouts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without awaiting Adaon’s order, the dwarf raced in the direction of the Huntsmen’s signal. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes after the race, Louie stood under a cold shower. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

For the shortest second, the boys thought Flux had given up and taken the lost race like a good sportsman. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I yell, looking in alarm first at the point where August disappeared, and then down at the bare coupling and ties that race beneath the cars. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Still, her hair smelled good, and riding with her made his heart race almost against his will. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The reporter raced away in his own direction. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I bent down and leaned forward, pushing my arms out in front of me like I was going to somehow box my way into the race. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I can feel mv heart starting to race as I step up to his front door and press the bell. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world awaited the race with rapt attention. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the relegalization of wagering, no sport was growing faster than Thoroughbred racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were volumes of Afrocentric history like the ones that are sold on the sidewalk in downtown Brooklyn, social science primers, and an academic survey of perceptions of race over the years. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the last one was down, the firemen wheeled their trucks around and raced back up the hill to resume their fight with the fire at the hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Blake: Except Manny’s got some sense and doesn’t make everything about race. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And then he was gone before I could question him, his footsteps thundering down the hall as he raced to dinner before the last bell sounded. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody knows which race is which. They are all serfs, in any case.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I gathered my things, my mind was racing: I had to get back to school as quickly as possible. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Congratulations, Harry, you rode a swell race,” Pollard said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Through the door there’s a pump and bucket. Don’t bother to hurry, it’s na a race.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As Herbert raced to the next building, the boys caught up to him. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, whatever it is, I hope it's something that's a credit to the race." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The musicians played on, faster and faster, and the purple sun raced quickly across the sky. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Little Willy went to see Mayor Smiley at the city hall building in town to sign up for the race. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyons did not allege race discrimination, but if he had, that claim would almost certainly have been a loser too. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A woman at the table enthuses about greyhound racing, the speed, the charge she feels watching it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Because Belmont rules stated that any workout in daylight after the last race had to be approved, Smith had to consult the stewards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today scientists agree that “race” is a meaningless concept since human differences are only skin deep, but the Nazis defined the Aryan race as Nordic or Caucasian people with no mixture of Jewish ancestry. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was out in a flash, and as the Spiegelmans turned off Jefferson Way and onto Jefferson Road, we raced outside into the muggy morning. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

My heart raced at the thought of this religious center where only the holiest of priests and the most beautiful of Sun Maidens lived, always in prayer and praise to Inti and the other gods. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Garfield's heart was racing, he struggled with each breath, he'd been vomiting every half hour, and he had severe pain in his feet. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Joseph’s mind continued to race as he waited for his uncle to appear. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Powell then races from the room, still clutching his knife. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

After school, me and Jay raced home, ignoring the wall of breath-stealing heat outside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Irwin was known to pack thirty horses onto a single four-door railcar, ship them to a race, yank them off the car, and run them without giving them water or letting them warm up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the agents shifted gears after learning the buyer’s race and steered him to houses in all-black areas. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After leaving Mr. Wilson’s office, she walked to the visitor parking lot like it was a race. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The academic hub of “race science” was the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics—a mere stone’s throw away from Muller’s new lab in Berlin. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Burning lines raced through his consciousness, connecting far-flung dots and filling in blanks, erasing question marks and adding a dozen more for every one erased. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

According to the time of an observer who is at rest with respect to the earth, it may be that the Congress opened after the race. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You students here this morning represent the fortunate few of our race. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

To the extent that the groupings were racial, it was because of the ways race overlapped class and geography out in the real world. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The British would now have to row and win in a repechage the next day if they were to be one of the final six boats in the medal race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Once a rider logged his first win, he officially became an apprentice jockey, or “bug boy,” so called because of the asterisk, or “bug,” that was typed next to apprentices’ names in the racing program. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A race builds itself for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Visions of concentration camps and lonely cells raced through my head. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I feel everything slowing down inside me, my racing thoughts and the pounding of my heart. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It sounds like the primal scream of an ancient race. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Once, on top of a moving train, he grew so hungry that he jumped forward to the first car, leaped off, and raced to pick a pineapple. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She raced past the cells, the hallways snaking back and forth, but Kaz was nowhere to be found. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I race out of bed, pull on a pair of jeans, and bolt toward the front door. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

That was a lot of money just to enter a race. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like we were all running the same race at the same speed. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We were living in New York State, out in the country, and the dogs were free to race through the forest. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The dogs had two whole floors, connected by a steep staircase that Fred couldn’t wait to race up and down. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In another two hundred years, from the red race was created the yellow race. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would race one more time in California. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was a little afraid Finn would suggest, Let’s race like we always do! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

No, hug the cliff of Skylla, take your ship through on a racing stroke. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I accused the National Party of fanning race hatred between Coloureds and Africans in the Cape by distributing an inflammatory comic book that said the ANC’s slogan was “Kill a Coloured, kill a farmer.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance had appeared within moments of Mrs. Clarke’s departure, quite breathless, as if she had raced down the halls. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Screak...Mr. van D. gets up, puts on the water and races to the bathroom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Early on the morning of March 2, race day, groom Harry Bradshaw came down the shed row, poured a helping of oats into Seabiscuit’s bucket, then stepped out from under the shed row roof. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up the front steps we raced—there must have been a hundred of them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we went on offense again, I raced back onto the field. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

All the other animals immediately raced back to the farmhouse to give Squealer the news. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

To me, my losing was only another manifestation of that queer, material way of American living that computed everything in terms of the concrete: weight, color, race, fur coats, radios, electric refrigerators, cars, money ... Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my mom had to race back to work, I found Calista’s phone number on the list of emergency contacts on the bulletin board in the kitchen. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The effort to separate ourselves whether by race, creed, color, religion, or status is as costly to the separator as to those who would be separated. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not have two races, one at Arlington, the other at Belmont?” he said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had lunch before class in the high school quad and noticed that, like everywhere else, it was really separated by race. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I would remember to dissemble for short periods, then I would forget and act straight and human again, not with the desire to harm anybody, but merely forgetting the artificial status of race and class. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

True social contact across the races was well nigh impossible, yet within the confines of their offices, relationships cultivated over intense days and long years blossomed into respect, fondness, and even friendship. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

For their preliminary, the boys from Washington were assigned to race against France, Japan, Czechoslovakia, and the crew they were most concerned about, Great Britain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Units of Umkhonto we Sizwe today carried out planned attacks against government installations, particularly those connected with the policy of apartheid and race discrimination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excelsior!” screams Carter as he races up the hall tearing down other people’s posters so he can hang up more for Ainsley. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

At 3:55 p.m., the regatta got started with the two-mile freshman race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His mind was racing, wondering what Alby remembered, what he knew, what he might say about him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

"I'm just sayin', it was the first race of the season," Aaron bulldozed on. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

My heart races, and it somehow tells me I want more and to take my time all at once. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Several professorships of “race biology” and racial hygiene were established at German universities, and racial science was routinely taught at medical school. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

T. Arnold Hill spoke in support of the union, but cautioned that the Urban League’s expectation was that the union would not play favorites between the races. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With no race cameras and only two patrol judges to oversee them, jockeys could—and would— do anything to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recognized that the common practice of competing with specially outfitted racing cars muted the promotional effects of victories, given that the consumer knew he was not buying the race car. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it wuzn’t for so many black folks it wouldn’t be no race problem. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Each of the losing crews would have to race in a repechage, a re-rowing, on August 13 and would need to win that heat to advance to the medal race the following day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He helped them rig their shells before races. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I try not to resent his freedom to race downstairs and stride alone to the train station. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Ha! Assassino!” she hooted, and raced joyously across the room for the bread knife to finish him off. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a megaphone and bellowed over the wet growling of the boat’s engine, “Now that’s it! Why didn’t you row like that in the race?” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I saw the solitary envelope and raced toward the foyer table. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for orders from the pig, the animals broke off work and raced back to the farm buildings. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

A glorious moment was coming, my chest insisted, and even the fact that I myself would have no part in it—a member of the race God cursed, according to the Shaper’s tale—was trifling. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the next few months, they were told, they would mostly race against one another and their junior varsity and varsity counterparts. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I’m so caught up in thinking about Carmetta, I forget to be worried and just run my race. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She would’ve raced back to the jail, reached through the bars, and throttled him. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

My hard-soled shoes slapped the tiled floor as I raced for the secret pocket doors. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Inside my chest, my heart had been racing for what felt like hours, jumping with every shatter or thud from downstairs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The scrawny bird raced up a pile of garbage and rubble and into a cave of coral and masonry. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“In motocross racing, it’s against the rules to get off your bike. I think he cheated.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

You have been cast into a race in which the wind is always at your face and the hounds are always at your heels. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Saying this, I felt I had raced to the top of a big turning point in my life, a new me after just two weeks of psychotherapy. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer believed this race could still be prevented. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited impatiently for the end of class, and when the time finally came, his feet raced his thoughts all the way back to the house. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Castlemans were now in hushed conversation with Auntie Harrigan and did not look as if they needed assistance, but Mama raced over there anyway. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It frustrated him to be accused of betraying his race. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A small mongrel mutt, black and brown, races up to me, panting and sniffing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the girls first, barking as they raced for home. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a wild scramble for the rear door, as the men, Bear among them, raced to get out. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her love for him seemed turned into hate; she loathed the whole race of men and she went to the mountains to live alone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Relieved to be let out, Jinjoo agreed and raced out of their gate. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Or to be described as “different” from the majority of your race? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I just love the human race. You people are so much more spiritual than we are. We’ve lost the path, you know, with all this commercialization.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hazel fled down the stairs, her pulse racing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The next day before Sunday school, I raced to the fellowship hall where that Garden of Blessings was up on the bulletin board. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Conservatives argued that poverty was caused not by structural factors related to race and class but rather by culture—particularly black culture. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Oh yes, there were plenty to aid and abet him; even he could not have held a horse race without someone to race against. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was speaking in hushed voices, racing back and forth from the dressing room, even though the audience hadn’t even begun to gather yet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I leap off the fence and race to home plate. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Though it will make survival possible for only a select portion of our population, unless we take extreme measures, we face the eventual extinction of the human race. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Adrenaline hovers like a storm cloud in the dressing room, and I can tell that my heart is not the only one racing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Pollard’s strategy, Woolf’s cunning, and Smith’s training had given Seabiscuit a chance in a race he otherwise could not have won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind races as I think of what Mazen told me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to stop myself from developing relationships with people because of their race or culture or where they come from. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

From further down the road came the drumming beats of something that might have been the hooves of goats, racing on into the night. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

In such a manner did that rumor, that happy report of Gotama the Buddha, the wise man from the race of Sakya, travel through the country. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

From now until race day, Bolles told his boys, they would row six days a week, rain or shine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Cora always arranged the children at the starting line, aiming their feet, calming the skittish ones, and graduating some to the older kids’ race if need be. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Greek and Roman mythology is quite generally supposed to show us the way the human race thought and felt untold ages ago. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip the steering wheel hard with both hands, feeling sure he’ll race up to pull us over. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He looked back at her, narrowing his eyes, his black mustache twitching, as if to say, “Don’t even think about making me race.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, but the Martians are a dead race now,” said Mom. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of us had grown up with family members who viewed race through a lens of cranky mistrust. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I soon learned that the quickest way to bridge the race gap was through language. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I plunged deeply into the law and the sociology of race, poverty, and power. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“All right, but I command you to lose the race.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She raced down a path between the trees. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It all makes sense now. He must have followed us back to Maxwell Street after the horse race. That’s how he knew where I lived.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The children streamed after her, every one, dodging the snapping jaws of the wolves and racing as hard as they could down the avenue toward the beckoning open dark beyond. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is racing because he looks like he wants to kiss, but I’m not there yet. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I was racing to keep pace with a woman who shouted orders over her shoulders to us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were caught in a sudden rush of foaming surf that raced off it in every direction, thrown hard onto a surface of metal grates. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

If he judges it correctly, he can save ground and win a race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the eve of the Wisconsin primaries, and polls there were showing a tight race. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sitting within earshot of a group of reporters at the Giants-Green Bay football game at the Polo Grounds in New York, Howard wondered aloud which race he would choose. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Made his mind race as fast as it could. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her mind was racing with memories of that night, and she did not expect to become tired. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It may be well enough for this lord of the race of Gondor, as he claims,’ he said, ‘but who has heard of a horse of the Mark being given to a Dwarf?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

All of the sport began talking of a match race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her solution was to insist on vertical seating—an imaginary line drawn from the front of an auditorium to the topmost balcony, giving both races separate but equal seating opportunities. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

When Lacey comes racing back to the minivan, I’m sitting in the driver’s seat. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Researchers raced to find what they believed to be the elusive cancer virus, with hopes of developing a vaccine to prevent it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The dog raced down the backbone of the cow to the attack and Janie screamed and slipped far back on the tail of the cow, just out of reach of the dog’s angry jaws. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

From her, the first woman, comes the race of women, who are an evil to men, with a nature to do evil. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laws that said nothing about race operated to discriminate because those charged with enforcement were granted tremendous discretion, and they exercised that discretion in a highly discriminatory manner. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’d listened to Shawn’s shallow breathing as I raced through the valley, along Fivemile Creek, then shot up the Bear River Hill. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Stopping, I grasped the edge of the race and hauled myself out, rolled over, and hugged the ground. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In retaining the identity of our race, we held fast to those characteristics most gratifying to sustain and least troublesome to maintain. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart races as I check in on Hudson’s Instagram profile, @HudsonLikeRiver. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In general, people chose friends of similar age and race. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a fun dream—I was racing around a complicated train station, lost and late for something—but it felt too real to turn off the switch. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As he raced across the yard, however, their tires caught and, jolting clear of the gooey rut, the car plunged down the road. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire flared in the wind and sparks raced away down the sand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She turned and raced back to her rucksack, abandoned on the pavement, and rummaged through it feverishly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They raced up to the room, banging on the door. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I’ll give you sugar cubes at the end of the race, I said. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He looked all broken up. I don’t think he will be good for another race. Horses, mister, can have crushed hearts just like humans.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last horse he rode came to a halt right in the middle of his race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t into the space race, but there was no way I’d miss the moon landing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The gods sent down a sternwind for a racing passage homeward. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped onto my bike and raced home, tears running down my face. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want the horse to miss any races on his account. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his mesmerizing voice, Shelton laid out the awful plot against the white race and its pinnacle of nobility, Southerners. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But nearly three decades earlier, World War I had also been heralded as the event that would break the back of race prejudice. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The gridlock in the parking lot was so intractable that, even though the races ended at 6:30 P.M., it would be well into Sunday morning before everyone got out of the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

From now on, in fact, they figured they had to win every race or it would be all over for them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It rained for the next several days, so Luke read constantly, not even tempted to race over to Jen’s instead. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

That night at supper, I mentioned the race. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When what she says sinks in, my heart starts racing and my vision blurs like I’ve been staring into fluorescent light-bulbs. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Not long after we arrived, a terrible disease called cholera raced through the camp. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I broke free of the Angel’s embrace and raced toward my father as the two sailors lifted him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even while he saw the black horde racing southward he saw another force, mysteriously assembled, suddenly planted in their rear, cutting their communications by land and sea. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I realized that race was a very big deal in America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I raced up the stairs to find Mama and Baba waking from their long comas. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Carrying it down the stairs, I worry that Jason will see me in the parking lot with the guitar, so I race to our car and quickly put it in the backseat. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

By extension, the failure of a race or ethnic group to move up reflects very poorly on the group as a whole. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

My heart is still racing from the encounter with the soldier back at the truck, but everything I see just makes it worse. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You still have a race to finish. You’re not hurt, are you?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

On race day, Smith walked out to the track to see War Admiral run. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind was racing all over the place. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They were bored with the amusement park just up the hill, and Ulbrickson didn’t want them lounging around the house all evening getting restless and nervous about the race on Monday. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The skill of a man like Woolf was worth a lot more than $1,000 in a $100,000 race, and the owner turned down the offer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then his breath kept getting faster and faster like maybe in his mind he was somewhere winning a race. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The race caller made the somber announcement and asked the crowd to stand in prayer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got a frill scholarship to the University of Maryland to run and did really well her freshman year, winning her first race a few days before she died. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Distraught at the possibility that he might lose the race, Galileo frantically set about building one of his own, knowing nothing more than that the instrument involved two lenses in a tube. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Janina was screaming as I raced down the stairs to the courtyard and the street. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Some of his fear melted away, but not enough to calm his racing heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to give up his mount in an upcoming race, Donoghue drove to the stables, had himself carried to his horse, and rode every day with a bulky plaster cast on his leg. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Second, through an ingenious method devised by Smith, they helped the horse stay in racing trim. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quiet resolution in his voice penetrated her racing thoughts. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly, superior breaking speed in a match race was almost always a trump card. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sheathed his sword, picked up the Sicilian’s trail, and raced into the night.... The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I heard rough voices shout as I raced maddeningly toward the gate. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this way, the stigma of race has become the stigma of criminality. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A century of propagandizing ensured that the race card trumped all others. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I really like hearing which parts have him laughing and which ones get his heart racing. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

When I get to class, I settle into my seat, breathing hard like I just finished a race. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

So did I. One day I told my pastor, Reverend H. H. Johnson, “I don’t want to serve a God that would have a cursed race.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

But she just sits there, silently watching as Vanessa adjusts her trademark racing glasses, rolls her shoulders and neck, shakes out her legs, and finally gets down in the blocks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Years later, they laughed to see the girls, Mona and Callie, in a three-legged race. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I race outside, hunched over to keep Mango warm. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A shiver races across my skin, and I'm not sure if it's a reminder that more snow is to come, or if it's because anger rattles every part of me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Now they were on their way to a toad race in town. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The building was square and rather plain-looking, though once inside, the three orphans were intimidated by the hustle and bustle of the people as they raced around the large, echoey room. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. I won her in a chariot race.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I raced to the pavilion and found aunts and uncles laughing as they used chopsticks to pick up dancing shrimp, still squirming in their shells, their tiny legs bristling. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They played the third round in deadly silence, racing through the final lap as competitively as if they were in the Indianapolis 500. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Suffice to say, I was the first member of our family to finish college and the first to marry out of my race. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gliding up ahead of her was Bing Crosby, decked out to see his Ligaroti contest the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not infrequently, the others who played the British jigs and hornpipes with me on fiddle or pipe were of my Africk race. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Horse racing was one of the most lucrative sports in America at that time, and even undistinguished horses often earned two to three thousand dollars a year. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whistle blew, the two boys raced quickly to the back of the line, and the next two boys moved in to challenge Pinkie and Jim Don. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he activated the Boots of Speed he was wearing, his avatar became a barely visible blur racing across the open field. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"I'm looking to interview someone about the race relations," I replied. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I put the key in my shoe and race down the steps to school. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Either way, Ulbrickson had to figure out who was going to stroke the boat when the boys raced for gold in forty-eight hours. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Despite her tears, she was Aryan, a fine specimen of the master race. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And a lifetime of figuring out how to fit in and be cool, without being a total traitor to my race. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I began answering questions and listening to comments and testimonials about Walter, the town, race, the police, the trial, and the way the whole family was now being treated by people in the community. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Supreme Court ruled unanimously that segregation of the nation’s public schools violated the constitutional rights of black students—a landmark decision that would affect race relations across America. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured we were in pretty good shape for the race, but Tyson still warned me to be careful. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred kids—only Hillari Kimble stayed behind—turned and raced down eight tennis courts, pastel skirts flapping like stampeding flamingos. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Two hundred years later—the white race had at last been created. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked away across the street, where children were playing with car tires, racing with one another as they rolled the tires along. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Seeing the tack and thinking he was racing that day, Seabiscuit would become keyed up, lose interest in eating, and fret weight off. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The students stopped dancing and crowded the near rails, the great boat listing slightly toward the racing lanes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Among this black race were twenty-four wise scientists. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve kept the races separated for a long time and we don’t intend to change now,” was what Grampa or one of his friends usually ended up saying. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

So when the bell rang, I took Leaves of Grass from my bag and then zipped it back up slowly while everyone raced off either to home or to extracur- riculars. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

At first, Howard would not allow Pollard to ride in races on any of his horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Muhammad said that this had traditionally kept the black people from achieving the unity which was the worst need of the black race in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood the theory of fractions but struggled to manipulate them, and seeing a decimal on the page made my heart race. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But I’m not gonna stereotype the whole white race just for a few bigots. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I race down the sidewalk, up the bus steps, and find an empty seat near the middle. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The little kids ran races of their own from curb to curb. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I race through washing the dinner dishes, Nino Carlitos and I sit down at the dining room table with a small notebook and pencil. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I'm under my blanket, and it's warm and toasty, and my heart is thumping and my mind is racing, and I'm watching to see if the room starts to shimmer or glow. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do hope you won’t put your foot into the question of intermarriage of the races,” Anthony wrote to Stanton. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Hissing, the agile creature dropped to the floor, raced over to the bathtub, and vaulted inside. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Hazel rushed in, slashed his other leg, and raced away before he could regain his balance. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But among Durham whites in general, most of whom still lived in the belief that Durham had “good race relations,” the reporter found “puzzlement and frustration.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I still remember that time we raced to the mailbox and back, and how close he was behind me. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

And when he discovered that his white wife loved not only him, not only this other black man, but the whole race, he sat down, closed his mouth, and never said another word. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all right, benefit of the doubt: maybe I'm making this a race thing when it's not. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But it hadn’t bothered me when Annie and I were racing the elevators back at the hotel. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rowe didn’t want to part with him, but he thought that no one would claim an aged veteran of nearly 150 races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as if in answer, Jennifer raced for the spear, which had been thrown free when the girl was swallowed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then he raced in circles, kicking manure into the air. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Think about it. If three avatars enter the Third Gate at the exact same moment, then it becomes a race to see who can clear the gate and reach the egg first.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“She set a new league record in the 400-meter race just hours before the accident. She had the discipline, the determination. She had incredible potential.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

This fact was no deterrent to Reagan, for the drug war from the outset had little to do with public concern about drugs and much to do with public concern about race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He said it had been a very pleasant race, and would have been worth watching if Bottechia had not abandoned it at Pamplona. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Injury rates were, by all accounts, far higher in the 1920s and 1930s; between 1935 and 1939 alone, nineteen riders were killed in racing accidents. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was carrying the burden of my race, you know? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was shoving and jawing and almost a fistfight over the proper way to start a race. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, I kept expecting to hear a cop’s siren wailing away in the distance, racing toward us, flipping on its spotlight and calling for us to “Freeze!” over their loudspeaker. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mohammed wasn’t even twenty, and he’d won a race starting in Saida and ending in Beirut, a distance of twenty-six miles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Up in Flint, Michigan, Howard had arranged to have the loudspeakers in the Buick salesroom rigged to broadcast the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students come in from every corner of the city: Rich kids from the shore sit next to poor kids from the projects . . . there’s every race, religion, and culture within the confines of the quad. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The difference was that in a two-thousand- meter race everything came at you much faster and harder. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, instead of racing off to River Valley Farm, he remained at home, and later in the day he shared with his family the splendid dinner his mother had been a week preparing. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi's mind was racing, but she tried to keep her voice even and calm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The trainees won twenty-nine of thirty races, a feat that may be unequaled at any level of the sport. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because Seabiscuit’s fans had made him the prohibitive favorite in the race, his rivals had become relative long shots. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The staggering cruelty of the human race seemed to sink into her blood and bones. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But at this point, they weren’t showing the telecast of the real Apollo 11 spacecraft, only a simulation of it racing toward the moon. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Still, 133 pounds was the highest weight any horse had ever lugged in modern California racing, and every other horse in the field would be carrying at least 20 fewer pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Churning up sand, he raced to where the curious puppy was poised to paw at the jellyfish. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as they were safely past the Neck, she could declare herself to one of Ned's bannermen, and send riders racing ahead with orders to mount a watch on the kingsroad. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Arthur Ashe’s triumphs on the court were becoming triumphs for the black race. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Pittsburgh office of Western Union received the cable at 9:10 P.M., and a blue-suited messenger raced through the cool spring night to bring it to Ferris. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The park was filled with hideous, pitiful howls as more plague dogs raced after us through the trees. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

On the day before the San Antonio, Smith and Howard put Sonny Workman up on their colt Ariel Cross for a race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dark shadows of the river enveloped me as I raced for the safety of home. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the case of a man’s mistaking a whole race of men as a part of the natural structure of the universe and of his acting toward them accordingly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once my brother would have been more interested in the fate of the human race. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the arena, Tyson and the Stoll brothers were racing miniature bronze chariots that Tyson had made out of armor scraps. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The tiger reared up and snarled and raced away. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I'm relieved to see both Mom and Dad alive, racing to the entryway. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Until we could come up with some brilliant plan to save Thalia’s tree, we figured we might as well go along with the races. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

If America wanted to understand the USSR's latest ploy in the arms race, they needed someone on the ground, in the Soviet Union itself. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Still, race continues to shape the experience of being middle class, sociologists say. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then he was off, bounding past Jon, racing through the trees. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Watching the conclusion of the race from the coaches’ launch, George Pocock whooped and hollered uncharacteristically. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Domestic races of the same species...often have a somewhat monstrous character....They often differ in an extreme degree in some one part.... The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

There were clashes between the races along the way. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As I fumbled to put on the seat belt, she peeled out of the driveway and raced toward Highway One. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Everyone raced to find a seat like they were playing musical chairs or something. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My brain, which had always been as fleet as my feet, began to race instead, looking for a way out. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Both women were on their feet, flushed as though they’d been running a race. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, they were living in the past as far as their race relations went. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Stagehand would carry the same colors as his nearly identical full brother, Sceneshifter, but to enable the race caller to discriminate between them, Stagehand’s jockey was to wear a white cap, Sceneshifter’s a red one. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home, newspapers are folded so the pictures face down, television channels are turned when the subject of race comes up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I keep my arms crossed as my breaths get shorter, my heart races, and I feel like running back in there to curse that woman out one last time. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

This was Herbert Dean’s counsel on race relations. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

We discussed, for example, how blacks in South Africa were oppressed both as a race and an economic class. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man utterly devoted to his people, but at the same time he was bent on reconciliation between the races in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

That blowhard thinks he's all that because he threw a Molotov cocktail once, back in the nineties in some kind of race riot. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He married my mother, a white Jewish woman, when she had eight mixed- race black children, me being the youngest at less than a year old. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit’s next scheduled start was in the Christmas Day Handicap, but Howard made it clear that he would pull Seabiscuit from that race, and any other, if Pollard’s suspension were extended. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Told him he should run my race since he's so supportive. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

If you make the mistake of saying this, you will be accused of a curiosity called “playing the race card.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Joyce, quietly jubilant, set about cleaning up the peanut shells the kids had let drop on the floor as they listened nervously to the race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If he was not able to, the race was off. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitten turned and hissed at Ess, who jumped into the air with a screech, and the cat raced off, back in the other direction. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jews, Germans, Russians, Spaniards, all races and nationalities were represented without any distinctions whatever. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sea- biscuit was going much, much too fast for so grueling a race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horse became an icon of Tijuana’s black community, which turned the horse’s race days into joyful celebrations. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she awoke, it was still night and, though she couldn't say why, her heart was racing. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

One afternoon a local farmer raced into town providing breathless word that almost all the rebels had left Mbandaka. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was time to get Seabiscuit into a prep race, but something always intervened. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there were other considerations: whom he was racing against, and where, and what the consequences might be if he won. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I circle the island, searching for signs of bonobos, my heart races with a sense of all that’s past and all that’s happening now. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Doberman’s muscles tighten, like it’s ready to charge, so I grab Garrett and race back out the door. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Woot! The second half's a lot darker, though. It's the romantic part. Okay okay okay okay, see you after!" he says, and then races off to congratulate, and probably chastise, his cast. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

We raced to the shed to look at her. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“They are racing for the sunset. We may be too late. God’s will be done!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

For the sire of their race was the great horse of Eorl that knew the speech of Men. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Guards whizzed by overhead as they raced to their posts. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

While 75-80 percent of the energy a rower produces in a two-thousand-meter race is aerobic energy fueled by oxygen, races always begin, and usually end, with hard sprints. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I might not ever run on my own two feet, but I could put four under me, then ride to beat the devil in a foot race. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I said that there was no organization in the history of South Africa to compare with the ANC in terms of trying to unite all the people and races of South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pounding is so fast my heart races to keep up with it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

During weekends and school holidays, the four of us were inseparable, racing in and out of each other’s yards and making up games on the fly. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I got my father and two other men from their crab houses, and we raced back to Auntie Braxton’s. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sent a flurry of wires to Howard, extolling the superb racing strip, mild fall weather, and general beauty of New York. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The navigator races up from below, waving a brand-new navigational chart in his hands. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

By the next morning, she was racing to the creek, her cheeks pink, her little arms flapping beside her like wings. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The doors were shut and bolted, and the ambulance raced away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When the bell finally rang for the end of English, I raced downstairs and was almost out the door when I realized we couldn’t leave until Ben and Radar finished band practice. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

That’s what apartheid did: It convinced every group that it was because of the other race that they didn’t get into the club. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m panting, my heart racing, wiping the tears from my face with my sleeve, terrified out of my mind that David might’ve been caught by whoever was waving around that flashlight in the darkness. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

After a period of convalescence, the horse returned to racing, only to be injured again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They too passed away, but, unlike the gold race, their spirits did not live on after them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it was no surprise that at the sight of the island, the crew raced to prepare for landing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Sorry isn’t ever going to win the race, Ibtihaj,” my mother said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For them, being Jewish was not about what we believed, but about our so-called race. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

As the first African American family in the White House, we were being viewed as representatives of our race. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Donna, please. Don’t get in Dray’s car while he’s racing,” Chantal says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I would toss and turn all night and all morning, my heart racing, finally falling into a headachy sleep in the late afternoon, when the rest of Faerie was just rising. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then we played some game where we had to wrap ourselves in strips of crepe paper like Joseph’s coat of many colors and race around an obstacle course. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She felt as though she had stepped into an enchantment, and her heart raced. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All night they had raced the Iowa Chevrolet through thick rain, stopping twice to siphon gas, both times from vehicles parked on the empty streets of small sleeping towns. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear it blatting and racing around in the cow- pen, so starved it could hardly wait. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got outside, Kingshaw began to run, across the flat lawn and down the drive into the lane, exultant, afraid of nothing, racing through the sunlight. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

My heart, already racing, hammered in my chest. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Once my racing heart calmed, I turned my head to confirm it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, I was on one of these getaway rampages, racing down the small side roads that spiderweb our property. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee's endearing characters, Atticus Finch and his precocious daughter, Scout, captivated readers while confronting them with some of the realities of race and justice in the South. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The 1933 Poughkeepsie Regatta had been canceled due to the Depression, but Washington returned to Long Beach that summer to race against the best crews the East had to offer: Yale, Cornell, and Harvard. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If race comes up, people look to me to answer questions like I know everything there is to know about blackness. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

An ambulance careened into the alley and raced toward us, its headlights blacked out so that only pinpricks of light shone through. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Apparently, for fun, kids like the ones at Chumley enjoy trapeze arts, yacht sailing, Formula One go-kart racing, summering in the winter, horseback riding, and fashion accessorizing. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The white boys would race through too fast. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are honored guests, celebrating both our reunion and thirty years of progress in Little Rock’s race relations. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If both races were agreed upon, Belmont’s race would be of far less interest, especially if the first event proved decisive. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A race of giants had lived then, fearless men, men of a staunchness unknown in this day. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dolphins, very fast swimmers, play about boats and ships much like dogs chase cars: they race along until they can no longer keep up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The seriously ill, the deranged, are another race, an inferior race. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

National Guard troops raced through the area in armored vehicles dodging sniper fire and shooting at shadows. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I race across the stage with my cup of room-temperature water. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

When I get there, my heart will be racing as I watch the hands spin closer and closer to Mom walking through the door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But deer, like rabbits and bears and even men, can make, concerning my race, no delicate distinctions. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was fine with him if the Brits wanted to burn themselves out in the first half of the race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was officially the second-largest crowd ever to attend a horse race in America, but because the record tally, at the Kentucky Derby, was famously exaggerated, the attendance at this hundred-grander was undoubtedly the largest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our convoy raced through the streets with sirens wailing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first race of its kind on the Syrian coast, and eighteen-year-old Mohammed followed every step, from the preparations to the race itself. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He raced along Oxford Road, the lanes empty, no other cars out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

On the night after Woolf won a top stakes race, the owner of the winning horse called to invite him to a postrace soiree with the moneyed set. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The marginal peoples, the races that just get by, are rarely the warriors. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They would have to row almost flawlessly in long races and short, under all kinds of conditions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Although still angry over Woolf’s suspension, Howard didn’t want to court more trouble with California racing officials by hiring Woolf for the Mexican race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement was defined—by blacks and whites alike—using the narrow and simplistic language of race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As we grew, we spoke more about drugs and sex and life choices, about race and inequality and politics. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

People cried as he shared his thoughts, but my mind raced far from the graveside. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the night before the race, a coach from Notre Dame knocked on Louie’s hotel room door, a grave expression on his face. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my torn-up book and raced outside before Mama could stop me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Every day TV News Brother Quang races home from class, throws down his bicycle, exhausted, no longer able to afford gasoline for his moped. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Only the seven racing lanes in the middle of the river remained clear and open water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My mind was racing as fast as my tiny little heart. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

This is not my heat, but this is my race. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The simplest solution to the problem of race in America? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Another, Electra, was the mother of Dardanus, the founder of the Trojan race. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I toss down my bike and race back to him. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

My heart is racing, my legs are on fire, and I gotta catch my breath. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The varsity and junior varsity were to continue racing to the three-mile mark. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Conservatives challenge the legitimacy of group rights or race consciousness and argue that the best empowerment strategy is entrepreneurship and individual initiative. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Recent evidence suggests that not only are the galaxies of the universe racing away from us, but that they are doing so at a rate that is accelerating. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The race caller yelled, “Here comes Seabiscuit!” and a joyful shout rose over the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that the vague thought I had had earlier, that goodness and intelligence could somehow lift a person above the idea of race, was wrong. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“That’s all there is to it. And we tried to use common sense in training him and in racing him.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raced through them and was gone over the down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had the rider given Blume a moment to consider the risk Pollard was taking in riding an immature colt just before a major race, Blume would not have let him go. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So let me get this straight,” Juanita asked Pita as my mind raced through the warning signs, trying to remember the things I should be looking for. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I returned to first and saw our player who had been on third and who was now halfway to home plate turn sharply and start a panicky race back. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Luke’s mind was still racing with frantic plans when he heard someone coming back to the computer room. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I replace the word gays from her sentence with these other words: blacks, Hispanics, immigrants, women, people of mixed race, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Gypsies, Russians, Poles, Yugoslavians, Ukrainians, mentally and physically disabled. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

If the segregation laws were designed to reduce friction by keeping the races apart, in practice they had the opposite effect. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Since the race, he had been going around with pockets full of clippings about Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took one last glance at Guy’s bloody corpse, then raced to his car and sped away. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Around the ballroom the creature raced, underneath tables and up across the window ledges, although it dimwittedly ignored the one that had been opened. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

As a pigtailed child, Joella had once ditched school to compete in, and win, a horse race against legendary Arapahoe riders. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Beast is racing fast like a panther. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Along the corridors they raced, and one by one the Patronuses left them; Professor McGonagall’s tartan dressing gown rustled over the floor, and Harry and Luna jogged behind her under the Cloak. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When the lunch bell sounded, Shirley raced to be the first in line and waited impatiently for the new girl. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘They are a remarkable race,’ said the Warden, nodding his head. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We raced to see who could pick faster and fill more crates. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I had to motivate these kids to follow their dreams no matter their gender, race, religion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Arion raced out of nowhere, circling the mob so quickly he created a sandstorm, showering the nymphs in white lime, spraying their eyes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He swerved past it, stopped and, looking back, saw Bigwig come racing in from the opposite side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back, and there were the demon rats, racing with their scabby paws toward me, their eyes filled with the Big M—Murder!—and their pointy heads bobbing up and down with each leap. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Before the race, me and everybody else stood on the sidelines, clapping and hyping Ghost and Lu up as they took their marks. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Me and Jay raced to get all the ingredients she said she needed while she added wood to our cast-iron stove in the kitchen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Each tiresome new thriller includes a scene in which the hero, trapped by some version of the enemy, runs for his desk in a desperate race against time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She bought me the wrong kind of skates--I wanted racing skates and she bought hockey--but it made me sad anyway. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The sociologist’s view is that every race ends with a winner, so that winning is utterly predictable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The greatest achievement of the human race was not conquering death. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“The first time he spotted one he thought the race was on!” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the overgrown puppet chasing her as she raced to the edge of the pond and hurled the wooden arms into the water. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Just like the shouts “black girl,” “black brother, black brother,” and even my lingering fear that I might be arrested...all of it is about race. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mark’s heart raced, almost hurting as it thumped rapidly against his ribs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Rosemont’s surge, unexpected and sudden, may have eluded Pollard until very late in the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This despite how important these five months were in shaping race relations to the present day. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

And I’m thinking, But why do I have to transcend race? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And in this way finally he would achieve the intended bleached-out white, race of devils. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I CAN'T not notice when someone is eyeing me like I'm less than, and at this point, my mind automatically goes to race. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

On the day before the race, everything seemed to be coming together. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ulbrickson knew that, in the end, it wasn’t gods but young men who had to win crew races, and, unlike gods, young men were fallible. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Up, up, you mighty race,” I murmur, working the broom. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Linda Lavin, the actress who plays Ms. Van Daan in the play, made us cry even more when she said we “made her feel proud to be part of the human race.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt reluctantly accepted the nomination but ended up losing the race. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

So quiet that in the previous year’s race against California he’d rowed the whole two miles with his thumb cut to the bone and never mentioned it to anyone. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He didn’t wanna be the black guy accused of “playing the race card” at a state tournament. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The car appeared, flashing green and white, and raced down toward Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now we were all tumbling down and racing each other to the back door. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mind races, dissecting my every recent move. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When he was still out cold half an hour before the race, the stewards debated whether or not to call Howard in and get him to choose another rider. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one sentence he had lifted out of the silent dark the race question and I stood on the edge of a precipice. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran circles around the other children, racing and playing and jumping over fences. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But the wolf turned and raced hack into the darkness, and quick as that the eyes were gone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The clomping of Rémy's heavy boots matches the racing pattern of my heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And like he’s forgotten something important, Axel leaves Lark at the thick wooden door, races back through the parking lot, back to Emmett’s SUV. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They watch in amusement as we prepare for our race. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

As I raced across the battlefield, I saw horrible things. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Right now, they were racing across the Atlantic Ocean. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hot pursuit would be Seabiscuit’s downfall, but holding back might hand the race to Special Agent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life became a race with the fire and the boys scattered through the upper forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had planned to lay out his step-by-step strategy for preventing an arms race, backing each step with clearly reasoned arguments. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sluggers have fallen in love with Kerouac and Keats and Woolf and Shakespeare, and hope I’ll press the button to preserve our literature for other alien races to explore. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Even conservative track pundits were beginning to think that Louie might be the one to shatter precedent, and after Louie won every race in his senior season, their confidence was strengthened. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, I jumped out of bed and raced to the bathroom. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I said, “The brotherhood! The people of all races, colors, from all over the world coming together as one! It has proved to me the power of the One God. ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this place there is no ship but the sleek racing yacht sailing out of the bay, blown by a custom-made zephyr, sending it off to points even more exotic than this. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

For a while I could hear them racing up and down the perimeter road in the mud, then they were gone. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day long, trainers kept scratching horses from the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The statistical evidence of discrimination that Baldus had developed was the strongest ever presented to a court regarding race and criminal sentencing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

My heart races and I'm worried he can hear it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Or people, either, if you can help it. We re going to run a dean race. Just keep the distractions away and let me concentrate on driving.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

By race we are connected with the Norse; our culture goes back to the Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The squirrels bumped along off the road, and a road-runner flirted its tail and raced over the edge of the hill and sailed out like a glider. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro nodded, while a crowd of thoughts raced through his mind. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s making my baby sister mad, Because she was the one Missing a tooth, Mv fault because I was racing her around In the stroller And tipped her over Taking a corner. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Hitler, August’s mother believed in a master race. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The horses were gone to Rome and there was no more racing. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

What you did to that poor unfortunate girl is a disgrace to the Irish race and you should be ashamed of yourself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The paradox of all this attention was that many of the turf writers who covered Seabiscuit knew next to nothing about horses and racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way to his kingdom, we had races—short ones, out of consideration for me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind raced, but Peach took his time answering. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My legs churned, sluggish, disconnected from my racing mind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We played a couple more races, and then I led the two guys to the storage shed. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her heart was still racing when she reached the top of the landing, but it slowly calmed as the crowds’ buzzing below faded and she took in the much quieter hallway before her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The yeshiva team howled its happiness and raced off the field. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He raced back up the slope, scrabbling over low stone walls, and pelted through the sheepfold, past the garden and through the cloister, still gripping his apple branch swords. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

No words could express the hatred I felt for the white race. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I raced back out to the trap with Bertha not far behind, calling, “Wait for me!” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They specialized in medical films but also made some about motor racing, and others that were just advertisements. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the state racing board prepared to decide whether or not Pollard’s suspension would be extended to year’s end, Howard scratched Seabiscuit and Fair Knightess from the San Francisco Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel her mind racing as she tried to come up with something. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Like her husband, Ida preached neither Democrat nor Republican but encouraged blacks to “vote for the advantage of ourselves and our race.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Who is it?” shouted Conrad as he raced from his bedroom, pulling on the left arm of his bathrobe. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He told the freshman crew to pull up and end its race at the two-mile mark, the standard distance for freshman races. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

God made the races . . . nobody knows why but He intended for ’em to stay apart... if He hadn’t He’d’ve made us all one color . . . back to Africa . Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

My heart was racing as I found a place to lie down and eat. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next year, 1924, Washington returned, with a young Al Ulbrickson rowing at stroke, and won the varsity race again, decisively this time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I race from my room and down the stairs to the kitchen. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Julia races around the edge of my painting, her arms spread wide. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Textbooks were rewritten to teach students that some races were Untermensch, meaning subhuman. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

One can imagine a race of advanced space aliens who could compress a portion of this network into a zipped file of bits and hum it to each other like two dial-up modems. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

If Ramo could put the canoe in the water and get through the tides that raced around the sandspit, he would reach the harbor when the sun was tall in the sky. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Saint Elizabeth College, in Morristown, New Jersey, a woman raced down a dormitory hall screaming, “A rocket is coming from Mars. We're all going to be killed!” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The e-mails and phone messages addressed to my former self come from a distant race of people with exotic concerns and far too much time on their hands. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Staring out to sea, tobacco farmers imagined themselves as race car drivers, silk dyers as Wall Street tycoons, millinery girls as fan dancers in the Ziegftid Follies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It looked as though Dudley had gotten the new computer he wanted, not to mention the second television and the racing bike. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As far as I understood, I wasn't taking part in a vendetta against the German race.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

These bureaucratic minefields are the modern-day equivalent of poll taxes and literacy tests—“colorblind” rules designed to make voting a practical impossibility for a group defined largely by race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I frown at it, my thoughts racing, trying to make sense of the name, proj_ice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“In my judgment, there is no question that the track will be fast for the race this afternoon. The race is on.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while the size of the system alone might suggest that it would touch the lives of most Americans, the primary targets of its control can be defined largely by race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The first few times the race car went around the circle the questions were playful. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Van Hopper was fond of the races. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My heart begins to race as his thumb traces along my jawline, as he leans closer to me. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The fifth race is that which is now upon the earth: the iron race. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fear raced through him as he scrambled after the flashlight, which had rolled to the inner edge of the trunk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Killed in a car accident in Egypt, just before a race in the Suez Canal. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Fifths of a second ticked off with precision in his head; Woolf timed his horses’ rallies so precisely that he regularly won races with heart- stopping, last-second dives. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith, his nerves at the breaking point, made an ominous statement implying that there would be no match race, then led the horse out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slow and steady wins the race, he told himself as he spotted the entrance to the stairwell. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Their elite troops all raced back to Port Stanley as the British paratroopers advanced. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The Athena and Demeter teams were having a chariot race around the track, and over at the canoe lake some kids in a Greek trireme were fighting a large orange sea serpent. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He asked if she could recall other songs of her race. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The racing was lawless and wild and the Americans loved it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Kirby said his involvement in the case had nothing to do with race, or wanting to get Carter or the Dallas school district. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were flying over a highway now, racing the cars that looked like toys on the road below. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat there with clenched teeth and counted off each second, my mind still racing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He remembered his own children climbing those trees and racing to the barn and all piled together on the porch swing. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Population Registration Act labeled all South Africans by race, making color the single most important arbiter of individuals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind tugged at my baseball cap and ballooned inside my hoodie as I raced down the streets of Stokum trying to outrun my life. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When he had satisfied the Soundkeeper, he nodded his farewell—for it would have been most impractical to say “Thank you” or “Good afternoon”—and raced out the door. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Geoffrey raced down the bank ahead of all the rest, swinging his crutches ahead of him and taking in his stride twice as much ground as the other boys. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Hurry,” he said, pulling her along as he raced to the body. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He cut his teeth on Montana match races, relays on unpedigreed horses in Indian country, and contests at rough tracks with names like Chinook and Stampede. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, the Fourth of July, the boys left the Princeton shell house for their race a little before six thirty. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Since 1953 this act had enforced what was known as “petty apartheid,” segregating parks, theaters, restaurants, buses, libraries, toilets, and other public facilities, according to race. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not answer her, for that would have taken time, and very basic enzymes of survival raced through the bloodstreams of the Meecham children as they headed for their preordained hiding place. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loitering on Earth potentially meant finding oneself abruptly classed as biologically unacceptable, a menace to the pristine heredity of the race. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I began to gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of race in America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Diana coughed and put her hands over her head as she raced toward the door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He raced down the other way—just me, him, a defender and the basket. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

This was most definitely not the race plan Moch had been given. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I saw myself starting a race war in the holding cell. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My heart raced with fear and anticipation as I observed the process. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving his screams of pain and rage behind, I race out of the shop and away down the street. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was a cryptic message to the human race that came out of the primate soul. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Real axle for the turns. It’s good for racing. But don’t worry,” he said again. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barksdale was going straight for the guns, running, screaming, far out in front, alone, as if in a race with all the world, hair streaming like a white torch. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tibbets’s mind raced back ten years to a night on the beach in Florida. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The owners, boys and grown men, raced around the cement shores hoping to arrive at the other side in time to keep the boats from bumping. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sean raced off, calling over his shoulder that everything would be all right, he would take care of it, he would find them later. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“If you ask me, I think all cops need training on race relations. That girl was just being a teenager, and teenagers shouldn’t be brutalized for acting their age.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, Vince,” Mom said, “if you feel like walking over there and taking him out of the race, you can, but I’m not about to.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

If the wind was blowing on race day, whoever was assigned lanes five and six would likely start off with about a two-length handicap to overcome relative to the inside lanes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her parents burst from the kitchen, racing down the hallway toward them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Over a five- year partnership, these two radically different men with often conflicting priorities had forged a surprisingly harmonious relationship, but decisions about Seabiscuit’s racing and training schedule had repeatedly caused tension between them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twice that day already, he realized now, Major Major had come racing toward him inside the ditch; and twice that day the chaplain had stupidly postponed the destined meeting by bolting into the forest. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In 2000 we had taken on the subject of race, not as a political construct or an exercise in demography but more intimately, as a force in how we live our lives. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

To me, of all the race of men? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve just finished a fellowship at Princeton and for years I wrote an anonymous blog about race, which then became how I made my living, and you can read the archives here. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He had enough trouble to stop a locomotive. ... At equal weights, there’s nothing that wears racing plates that’s a mortal to beat him.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where he has been degraded elsewhere by unjust men of both races, here he is resisting degradation. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was my turn to race, I prayed that I’d survive the heat. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Smith had avoided Rosemont earlier in the season not because he feared Seabiscuit would lose, but because he feared his horse would win, prompting the racing secretary to assign him heavy weight for the hundred-grander. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raced outside the building and jumped over a gate that led to another part of the school, and I padlocked the gate behind me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Before I know what I’m doing, I burst into a sprint and race down the road. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nobody else could respond as quickly and smoothly to the moment-by-moment adjustments that a crew had to make during a competitive race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“They started their race studies with the Herero and concluded with the Jews. Of course there’s a connection!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now my heart may be racing for most of the day. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Lastly, I felt that a right more immediately deeper than that of politics or race was at stake; that is, a human right, the right of a man to think and feel honestly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

To quiet the doubters, he gave his word that the public would be able to see Seabiscuit work a full ten furlongs—the race distance—at three-thirty on the afternoon of May 24. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t much of a race, but it was a win nonetheless. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Conor,” his grandma said as the car raced down the road at alarming speed. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he’s a having a bad day,” I elaborate, not because I feel any obligation to defend the white race but because her face is so twisted with hurt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

These findings were replicated in every other state where studies about race and the death penalty took place. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The first time they raced to the ceiling and back, Coach Swieteck won by four seconds. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Herds of puffy cumulus raced beneath the sun, imprinting the landscape with a shifting matrix of shadow and blinding light. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But race is the child of racism, not the father. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We aren’t all that accustomed to the African race to begin with, since back home they keep to their own parts of town. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys and a handful of reporters were waiting for Al Ulbrickson to lay out his plan for the upcoming racing season. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Seven wiggled her arms and hands and rolled her head around like she was getting ready for a toad race. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The boys huddled briefly with Ulbrickson as he went over the race plan one last time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She was racing through the files so fast I could hardly keep up with what she was doing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have friends of other races than your own?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

In town to bid on the yearling sales on behalf of Bing Crosby, they had stopped by the track to take in a few races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In late August they tried him in a good stakes race in Detroit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sheep raised for wool, pet dogs and cats, war horses and race horses often enjoyed comfortable conditions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supreme Court outlawed community zoning by race in 1917, segregationists had to develop another means for achieving this same exclusionary end. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As Smith watched him in racing combat, images from his mustang days assembled in his head. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo put on his shoes and raced through the rain back to the train station, which was still crowded with travelers. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He flew through the moonlight streets, clattering over cob-bles, darting down narrow alleys and up twisty wynds, racing to his love. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That didn't mean that he wasn't very concerned about what he was hearing from folks on the row, especially about race and the kind of jury he would get. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Max turns her attention back to the race, and I can see freedom in her eyes. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was written that this devil white race would rule the world for six thousand years. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now imagine you are at a race in which no count or starting signal is given, but a chosen leader just decides to start running and you are expected to jump in and catch up. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

That same month, North Carolina’s liberal governor, Terry Sanford, tried to improve race relations in his state by creating a biracial Good Neighbor Council, charged with persuading white businesses to hire more blacks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A financial reckoning was inevitable, but come the approaching conflict over the race question, North Carolina would emerge in the most advantageous position of all the slave states. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Sulaiman tossed me over his shoulder and raced back to the orphanage. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Court’s ruling in Lyons makes it extremely difficult to challenge systemic race discrimination in law enforcement and obtain meaningful policy reform. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If they were to win this race, it would be through whimsy and intuition; they would laugh their way to DNA. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The sight of them sent me racing on the inside! Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’d heard it from people of all races, all backgrounds, all ages—a reminder of the goodness and generosity that existed in our country. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

How was he supposed to run a race if he was shaking all over? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then, immediately after assembly, there would be a race to the tuck shop because the queue to buy food was so long. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We run and run, racing to get back to the subway. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sweat races down my face, like the rain across the glass above our heads. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And, of course, the problems of race that Malcolm confronted have not disappeared by any means. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as Axel drops his backpack, Ray and Axel race out of the house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They say it’s a real rat race and I hope to win it.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not wait for Ana’s reaction but went down the stairs quickly, her heart racing with fear and exhilaration. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned and added, "When you two grow up, I really hope you become more than horse and jockey, because people lose a lot of money betting on horse races." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

That day on the way to school, my brothers and I raced each other for the first time in months. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

One week before the match, Pollard rode out onto the Belmont course for his final test before the match race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan and I race out of the auditorium and down the main hall of the Department of Supernatural Investigations to the elevators. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The question of race was like the power of the moon in my house. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the teams were introduced and cheered on by the crowd, and finally it was time for the race to begin. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Judging from his comments to his associates, his remarks about Chicago’s infernal July weather, and his general aversion to racing in “the West,” Riddle was almost certainly not considering the Arlington offer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The facilitator passed around a green race car that served as a “talking piece.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The white man’s “integrating’ ’ with black women has already changed the complexion and characteristics of the black race in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raced across the ground.To his left he heard shouts and a loud crack accompanied by a flash of light. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vast majority of jockeys’ wives couldn’t stand to watch their husbands’ races and rarely, if ever, came to the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Trepid had lifted one of the more promising-looking stones, three lizards raced across his boots, and one darted up his pant leg. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There are superior and inferior races in the world,” said the Japanese politician Nakajima Chikuhei in 1940, “and it is the sacred duty of the leading race to lead and enlighten the inferior ones.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He talked Howard into committing to the race, even though it was at the marathon distance of one-and-five-eighths miles, farther than Smith wanted to send Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Steer clear of class; focus exclusively on race was the unwritten rule during this era dominated by Cold War politics. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the insolence of all the white race he was afraid to lose his dignity in friendliness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

While the Fifteenth Amendment did not mention sex, she said that because it specifically prohibited disenfranchisement by race, women were included, arguing that “a race comprises all the people, male and female.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

My mind was racing, trying to figure out what she was talking about. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The two horses and the two riders were galloping neck to neck and knee to knee just as if they were in a race. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The race would be one-on-one, though not officially a match race; by antiquated racing rules, a match had to be a purseless race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tom Smith would like permission to work a horse after the last race.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not only do blacks earn less on average than whites, but the differences in wealth and race are staggering,” Allen said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was still trying to figure out the business of race. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Hitler Youth were taught that the Aryan race was superior to all other races. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I walk slowly as buses rumble by, cars and taxis race for lane space. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In a world as color-hostile as this, man or woman, black or white, what do they want with a mate of the other race? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think she’d seen him, but his heart raced as he ran back to his uncle’s house and returned to his room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Today there was a toad racing match, and the Stormville racers had arrived to pit their toads against the team from Boggs Ferry—Thorn’s old town. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

My mind races as I try to think of what to say if she answers. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And down the causeway he raced, like a pair of wild calipers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

They raced up the stone steps, and Harry tapped the front door once with his wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Some were caught in eddies, others lodged among the stones, and a few raced on the current on their way to a larger stream. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was enough of a veteran now to try to keep myself largely disengaged from the daily ups and downs of the race. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Civil rights advocates argue that individual group members “represent” the race and that hierarchies of power that lack diversity are illegitimate. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Howard wavered on whether or not to race him again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids all finished eating quickly and raced back to their cabins. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I disappear into the folds of onlookers on the other side and speed walk away from the race. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then I heard yelling, elated screams, and I saw Luke racing toward the boundary line with the red team’s banner lifted high. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Many who had watched events on the lake closely thought they had seen something beyond merely a good crew race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A coast guard vessel patrolled the racing lanes, her crew sounding a siren and barking orders through megaphones, keeping the lanes clear of small craft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was coming into the homestretch of the richest race in the world with a strong horse beneath him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was not sure what the shriveling in her stomach and the racing in her chest meant. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

For Pelops’ winning the chariot race I have preferred Apollodorus, of the first or second century A.D., who gives the fullest account that has come down to us. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would build a racetrack, the finest in the world, and bring horse racing back to California. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama knew what he was up to, and raced to the door after him to stop him from running straight out onto the ice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit had to run in a big race, and he had to win it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With emotions running high, the packing company owners and the governor agreed that the potential for reignited violence was too great to risk throwing the races together. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Almost as soon as the race got under way, the Washington boat had begun to ship water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Someone ran for an ambulance, but the one that sat at the track during the day’s races had not yet arrived. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes raced over the ceiling of the subway car, and I imagined the icy river water that was running way up above us. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I want this to be a boat race, not a naval engagement.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

My laptop dings behind me, and I race over to it, swiping my fingers across my trackpad to see a new text. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

As six o’clock and the start of the climactic race approached, the weather improved a bit more, though it continued to rain lightly and intermittently. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

To Las Casas, the Americas seemed so thick with people “that it looked as if God has placed all of or the greater part of the entire human race in these countries.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She wanted every child to be “made to feel wanted and respected as a human being, no matter what his race, creed or color.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Instead of fixing things for the Negro race, Richard Nixon would win the war in Vietnam, clean up the country of its long-haired, drug-smoking hippies, and get those black militants and bean-pie-selling “Mooslims” in line. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“If we had a white superintendent, the commissioner never would have done such a thing. I think race was an essential component in the whole procedure.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we raced, I could never tell exactly when Megan Lewis called out, “Ready, set, go!” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

One night, after another hopeless job search, Gold was resting at home when a friend came racing through the door. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt had hoped that scheduling his race for a Tuesday would keep attendance within Pimlico’s sixteen-thousand-seat capacity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the summer he usually raced at the cluster of tracks around Vancouver or at another western Canadian track called Glacier Park; in the fall and spring it was California’s Tanforan; in the winter, Tijuana. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie wiped the point quickly on her apron before she banged the shuttle against the far end of the race. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

At that, the twins jumped up and ran from the room roaring like race cars. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Del Mar, conscious of the potential conflict of interest for the Howards and Smiths, barred public wagering on the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay in his bunk, staring at the ceiling and trying to control his racing heartbeat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I jumped into my pants and raced out into the cold night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

MacArthur then pushed his luck, sending his army across the 38th parallel and racing toward the Yalu River. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I commended these three men as individuals, not as representatives of the court or of the state or even of their race, but as exemplars of human decency under adversity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raced through candy shops tossing boxes into a sack and raced out to the usual chorus of “Stop! Thief!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Unable to make it to the front door, Theresa raced for the open garage; there she could at least arm herself with a shovel or rake. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I trudge upstairs while a flood of people race down, on their way to the weekend. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I raced down to find Phiri nose to nose with another worker named James. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Whatever the reason, the Howards, especially Marcela, hung their hearts on winning the big race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the swiftness of hunted gazelles, Oliver and Laney jumped out of their boxes and raced up the stairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Pushing me before her, we race out the door, my legs gaining strength as I fly through the house to the waiting car, Chucha urging me on. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

On the track, he fought savagely in the starting gate and sulked his way through races, sometimes trailing the field from start to finish. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this way the integrity of the race and of the species is preserved; in this way like begets like. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then she was simply racing pell-mell down the steps in pursuit of the rat, with no room in her mind for anything else, certain she was gaining on it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

My parents weren’t the type to care about Ocean’s race or religion; I already knew this about them. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The needle on the speedometer started to race up the dial. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hannah said no more, but in her mind’s eye she saw a swift shadow racing into the dark trees. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a sharp left, racing forward, blowing through several stop signs without a pause. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The other dogs raced out to join Tater on the concrete pad outside the door. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In America, you don’t get to decide what race you are. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Yelling, sliding, falling, he raced back down the incline and followed the riverbank out of there. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the least obvious but most heinous of all race crimes, for it kills the spirit and the will to live. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, when segregation laws were challenged and finally defeated, the benefit to one became a benefit for all; the integration of an institution by a single black implied an advance for the entire race. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a beautiful part of my theory that domesticated races ... are made by precisely the same means as species.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment the sea is infested with them, racing like a cavalry charge toward a single shining figure in the distance. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you could fall down and still win the race if you got up again, but that wasn’t how she felt right now. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The troubling interweave of class and race appeared to him in nearly every discussion. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first model airplane I ever made was of a famous racing plane called the Gee Bee. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fleet of a dozen speedboats raced through the dark water toward Manhattan. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

On those chill afternoons when the sky was like lead and the clouds were racing, we stayed in the library, banking huge fires to keep warm. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of racing madly, we came to a new block. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ran out of programs before the third race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raced up the four flights to Marcus’s classroom, the dentist’s scrawled note in one hand, and burst in, yelling, “I need Marcus!” and waving the piece of paper in Mr. Anderson’s face. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Through the JV boys’ race neither of us says a word. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Such tactics were, until the mid-1930s, seen at all levels of racing, but nowhere were they used with such ruthlessness as on the bush tracks where Pollard got his start. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The park was nearly empty, but that day, as I sailed through the tunnel, another kid raced toward the slide on a scooter. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Once Seabiscuit recovered, he would welcome a race at Belmont held merely on a sporting basis. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith, knowing that returning the horse to racing was controversial, took the offensive with the press. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My homemade education gave me, with every additional book that I read, a little bit more sensitivity to the deafness, dumbness, and blindness that was afflicting the black race in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his right a war galley stroked serene against the rising sun; to his left, a battered old cog raced before a storm, her sails in rags. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He appealed to his parents to let him go out on the racing circuit and learn to be a jockey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a thought, she tossed the water onto the marks, then raced to her bathing chamber to draw more water. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Fadi’s heart raced as he read the title: “Take Your Best Shot Contest Guidelines.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

A few years later, when she started attending school online, her mother lied about her daughter’s race and gender on the application. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She grins at me, and a blush races up my neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Horses who lose their riders during races almost always try to win anyway, charging to the lead and sometimes bucking with pleasure as they pass the last opponent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pushed two kids out of the way and raced down the street, not knowing where we were going. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Second, Third and Fourth avenues were inhabited mostly by Coloureds, the mulatto race which came into being nine months after white settlers arrived in South Africa in 1652—without women. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their luck held: On race day, the sky came up sunny and the field small. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t even know about race, nor is he concerned with his sisters’ marriage. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also developed a race- preparation technique that was a half century ahead of its time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Middle Ages, this mysterious group of stones was believed to be either the creation of an ancient race of giants or conjured by Merlin the Magician, who allegedly transplanted it from Ireland. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their beloved country had only one feeding tray at present—a disgraceful state of affairs which would have to be remethed if the dear race were not to perish. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some kids race past on bikes and scooters. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Carlisle ran into the ball, and then raced Jasper to first base. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Our society still had a long way to go, of course, but in the early days of September 1963, I felt a genuine hope about the future—about things improving between the races in Alabama. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He raced to the ground floor, clinging to the banister as the house shook and huge chunks of the ceiling collapsed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The young men raced about the field attempting to construct their separate towers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I raced through the house, throwing open every window. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-five thousand fans, many of whom had crossed the country expecting to see the race of the century, mobbed Belmont on race day. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plans racing in her head, she squatted to watch the wolves eat, measuring, as time passed, the enormous amounts they were consuming—pounds at each bite. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When asked to explain why her white co-workers and supervisors would have trouble understanding her brother’s incarceration, Ruth explained that it was not just incarceration but “everything”—everything related to race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He always told me that when you’re running a race, it’s important to look forward and not back. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She watched his face as he looked outward at the silent avenue and at the ambulance that raced to carry someone to healing, or to death. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I dart to the door, heart racing like whoa, and open it. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“All right — I only came in here because people outside are behaving very childishly, racing up and down the corridors,” said Hermione in a sniffy voice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

By year’s end perhaps eighteen thousand had died in the city area and the disease was racing through the countryside in every direction. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Each day after school my brothers and I would race home and lock the doors. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My brain knows this Aaron ain’t real but my heart don’t care and it’s beating in my chest like a race. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They would have to live well together in close quarters for weeks at a time—traveling, eating, sleeping, and racing without internal friction among them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There, as we shall see, the expansion assumed a speedboat pace, as bearers of the cultural package raced eastward into the previously uninhabited Pacific Ocean beyond the Solomon Archipelago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Cowboy Charlie” Irwin ran two businesses: a raucous Wild West show in summer and an even more raucous racing stable in winter. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heartbeat slowed—still racing and ready for takeoff, but no longer desperate to crash through his chest. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When he wasn’t winning other people’s races, he was organizing his own and pressing other Buick agents to join him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traditionally, the greatest perceived threat was sexual—the threat of intermarriage and race mixing. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It takes two races to mongrelize a race—if that’s the right word—and when we white people holler about mongrelizin’, isn’t that something of a reflection on ourselves as a race? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The blessing was like the whistle at the start of a race, for now everything sped up. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The second bell rang, and Radar and I raced to calc. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ever since that boy got killed, my heart races whenever I see a cop. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

For every one who called him “White Lightning,” two more challenged him to race, “Right here, baby — you and me — see who gonna turn his back on who.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh God, Georgia!” her father exclaimed as he raced toward them at last. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was writing rapidly on a scroll, the brush racing across the paper, leaving behind a trail of perfectly formed characters. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

First they raced freestyle, then backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He came out of the race full of fight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard, but I tried to turn my thoughts to the race. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Luna asked as she raced out the door. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He had slipped into the race with such a light assignment by virtue of a peculiarity in the race’s weight system. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had come to the island under a refugee program Trujillo had instituted in the forties “to whiten the race.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From now until race day on the twenty-second there would be only light workouts, to keep in shape. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They didn’t hop or run a race so much as spun and danced their way to the finish line. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He sprang from his seat and raced to the gasping man, who couldn’t talk but was making squeaky noises. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

And as soon as I’m on the court sweating, feeling my heart race as my body moves, I stop thinking, sort of like I did when we were looking at sticker constellations, only more intense. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ethan!” they both shouted as they raced to their son and hugged him. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"I maintain, violence is not the answer to these problems of race and discrimination. We must foster dialogue between the black and white extremes." The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

In school, Helmuth must pass tests that show he understands the differences between inferior races such as the Jews and the superior Aryan race. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the that trial going on, I still think Hana makes way too big of a deal over race. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The race covered ten miles of snow-covered countryside, starting and ending on Main Street right in front of the old church. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Louise came anyway, sneaking to the track to peer through the fence, but the races made her so nervous that she had to hide her eyes. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Yes. Yes, we all are. We're trying to figure out this relay race...of life," Brit-Brat said, her eyes now shut. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The accompanying story asserted that an unnamed eastern college had approached Bolles just hours after the freshman race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

None of them are watching the race in the pool. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not very swiftly because his mind was the part of his body currently racing. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And the sophomores promptly lost their next head-to-head race against the JV boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They raced through icy straits, past blue fjords and cliffs with waterfalls spilling into the sea. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Izzie and I race each other to see who gets into the elevator first. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The whole affair was a reminder of how our country’s distortions about race could be two-sided—that the suspicion and stereotyping ran both ways. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But as the car raced along the edge of the cliff, the prime minister had a tough time keeping his mind on the gorgeous view. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of these was a real and important factor in the way the fire was able to race through the city unchecked, yet none was singled out as the cause. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Head-to-head's where Kid A solves a problem on the left of the blackboard while Kid B solves the same problem on the right, like a race. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

This entire semester has been one ordeal after another, from race riots to walkouts. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Well, it's a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be--will be utterly submerged. It's all scientific stuff; it's been proved." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The swimmers have finished their races and are basking in the sun. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Other vehicles raced parallel to us and formed many lanes on the narrow paved road. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She raced for her plane, jumped into the cockpit, and took the controls. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

My skin feels too tight, and my heart won’t stop racing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then, like in a rerun of a bad dream, I heard the sound of Arthur's Land Cruiser racing up the perimeter road. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the awful pitching and rolling stopped and they could once again huddle up close, their hearts stopped racing, and they could lick each other’s faces for reassurance. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I listened with incredulity to how a “mad scientist Mr. Yacub” had genetically “grafted” the white race from an original black people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But finally the original black people recognized that their sudden troubles stemmed from this devil white race that Mr. Yacub had made. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another clue that mass incarceration, as we know it, would not exist but for the race of the imagined enemy can be found in the history of drug-law enforcement in the United States. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

One columnist wrote that Tom Smith fed Seabiscuit two quarts of Golden Rod beer before each race; if the horse doesn’t get his beer, he wrote, he “whinnies and stomps to indicate displeasure.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang for lunch, I raced to my locker, but somehow Ben had beaten me there, and somehow he was talking to Lacey Pemberton. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

We ran home for dinner, racing each other. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She raced down the platform, looking for someone to stop the train. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She hated thinking about the scary toothless lunatic’s house, but once it was in her mind, it raced around in there, bashing up against every little bulging gray cell. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Court had repeatedly made clear, though, that the Constitution does not require that racial minorities and women actually serve on juries—it only forbids excluding jurors on the basis of race or gender. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Kid still raced at the bridge, Samuel nodded and walked on, Horse and Bones kicked at each other, and the yellow buses still came in with their loads of solemn farm kids. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wheeled and raced after the thrower, but the man raised his own shield over his head. lyrion circled around him, raining axe blows down on the wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Reynie raced through these questions and many like them, then came to the second section, whose first question was: “Do you like to watch television?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jojo shouted, flinging the back door open, racing into the house. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The radio announcer spent fourteen of the fifteen minutes before the race talking about Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not what I’m saying. I don’t think it had anything to do with your race or your size. I think maybe she was just trying to do her job. That’s all.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But as the days passed, something about the race kept pulling at him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wild wind races through the dunes and breaks upon the granite of the school. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Wherever the black population reached a threshold level, slavery remained the preferred means of assuring the segregation of the races. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A moment later, two metal dogs raced toward them—automaton greyhounds, one silver and one gold. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

No more children’s games for him, races and hide-and-seek, but the grim trials of slave men. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She was about to race down the hill when she stopped herself. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, a primary function of any racial caste system is to define the meaning of race in its time. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They sneak through the grass in hushed voices past one of Henry’s PPOs dozing on the porch, racing down the pier, shoving at each other’s shoulders. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he ran out of high school kids to whip, he took on Pete and thirteen other college runners in a two-mile race at Compton. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The concept of race is a relatively recent development. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I took confidence from its song, and wiping the tears from my eyes I raced towards the bridge, the link to town. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Relax. It’s just to show the race is starting.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My heart raced, but the ache in my lungs lifted. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

From what mountain, what cave, what small last race of people remaining on this world when the rockets came from Earth? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

You—he who succored the whole race of men? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And,” said Kyle, “you were so totally focused, you didn’t hear the police sirens screaming past the library as they raced to the Gold Leaf Bank...” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

And then the pencil races along the page, the Spinney flickers out of sight, and I find myself back in the story. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

If you do well in a situation, do you expect to be called a credit to your race? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My heart’s racing now, and I slip inside a row of com. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It explained how stars could burn for billions of years without racing through their fuel. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She’d expected this stranger to say, as if she were a neighbor, “They’re as good as my own. I’ll make sure they don’t misbehave or be an embarrassment to the Negro race.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart starts to race, just at the thought of it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I arrived in the forest first and waited in the dark shadows, my mind racing with all the possibilities. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

We race to the elevators and dart between the legs of a tall green ogre about to step into Lucy. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The instant I saw the picture my mouth fell open and my pulse began to race. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to keep up with the speed at which the ball flew, the rate at which their bodies raced around the field. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I raced past them with my head down, past Ms. Wardak, not even caring that I hadn’t gone to the lunchroom first, the way we were supposed to. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

On that date, Stagehand’s 100-pound impost was justified; he was only two years old, had never won or even run particularly well in any race, and he was about to begin 1938 as a claimer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father Olufemi hadn’t come yet, but their race against time had begun. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But the Fat Lady had barely begun to swing forward when the sound of racing feet behind them announced Hermione’s arrival. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Today, his feet are still damp from his race around La Arrocera. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The Allies were finally winning the war—but Hitler could still turn it around by winning the race for the atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yielded to the Army because the old wickedness in generation after generation of his race was bound to work out in evil for him too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fitzsimmons came to the conclusion that the only way to tap into the potential he had glimpsed was to race him hard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people of any race would probably condemn the minstrel show but stop short of condemning the minstrel as a man. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was alone in his office, he raced across the room to the window and jumped outside to dash away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

For the race he goes down to the fence and watches intently He yells nothing. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Race-mixing proves that races can mix—and in a lot of cases, want to mix. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Noted. Planning for a future. Admittedly inconsistent with suicide. So then she comes back into her room screaming about forgetting something. And then her headlong race comes to its end. So no answers, really.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was the dawn of new era, one where most of the human race now spent all of their free time inside a videogame. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He listened, and in his face there was something gentle and Jewish, the knowledge of one who belongs to a race that is oppressed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The school year finally ended, and Basel and Muhammad raced home carrying their certificates. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He raced up the steps, two at a time. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit had delivered what many of them thought was the greatest performance in racing history, and had lost simply because of a fluke in the weight system, and a foul from another horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raced down the block from where the number eight bus dropped me off, around the corner from our house. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

People looked up from cafe tables as they raced by. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Napoleon, who seldom moved out of a walk, raced ahead of them all. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The clouds came racing over the ridge from the south as they had on the May evening when Hazel first climbed the down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind raced back to the few happy times, and the many troubled times, we had shared together. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another student says, “She makes everything about race.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking of the time when you’re all racing around, and you pass people in the halls, like in cartoons where people go in one door and come out another one. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretending indifference to Obie’s report but his thoughts racing, pondering the possibilities. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roughly half of the white women on the site and 80 percent of the white men declared that race didn’t matter to them. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Before a regatta, the cox receives a race plan from the coach, and he or she is responsible for carrying it out faithfully. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So we watch the news, and there has been a race riot in Central Falls. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fleas with good appetites Somersaulting high, Fleas leading chases Running races on my thigh. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The time hasn’t come for people to overcome hatred of others because of something as insignificant as race. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Ignition sequence start." "... three . . . two . . . one . . ." Clamps released, the booster rose amid a plume of smoke and fire, slowly at first, then racing ever faster. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We leave our bikes down at the bottom of the steps, racing up to the door and letting ourselves in. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My heart is racing and my hand starts to sweat in his hand. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The King said thoughtfully: “Would you mind telling me about the races, Merlyn? I suppose I ought to understand the situation, if there has to be a second war.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before this audience, I tried my best to demolish the false image of American race relations that I knew was spread by the U.S. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost sight of it for a second, but the fifty-foot wave that raced toward the invading ship, dousing fire spouts and drowning fetterlings, let me know he had landed in the marina. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My mind was racing with questions: Did Luis tell someone about it? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I did, my mind raced backward almost an entire year, to when the DiAngelos first bought the property from Digger’s grandfather. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A handball bounces our way, and Mateo races past me to catch it. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I still have time to run across the street, jump the curb, and race through the parking lot to Rosie’s. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Taisin’s heart raced as her nerves nearly got the better of her, making her hands clammy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The plane lands with a few bumps, and as we race along the runway, the forces of the plane’s momentum and the brakes oppose each other. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I go off in their direction, and they race away from me so I chase them, pretending everything is OK. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As legal scholar David Cole has observed, “The Court has imposed nearly insurmountable barriers to persons challenging race discrimination at all stages of the criminal justice system.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Today races are filmed from multiple angles to ensure safe riding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

First of all, there was a scroll of paper twenty yards long—one page pasted to another—which had drawings depicting the history of the human race from a Marxist point of view. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tumbled along with the racetrackers, and soon found himself buying a few nondescript Mexican horses and traveling down to attend their races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My pulse raced as the crumbling theater came into view. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Because it did not involve loss of life it offered the best hope for reconciliation among the races afterward. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The physically and mentally disabled interfered with the Nazis’ plan to create a master race. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the age of ten, he entered his first running competition, a ten-kilometer road race. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paula, Catherine, and Gary came racing down the yard to pull me free. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Pollard didn’t have a mount in the race, so Fitzgerald let him ride. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Use of the word “upset” in this sense predates that race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I’m Mexican and Mexicans were involved in this stupid race war, I figured no one would have listened to what I had to say anyway. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They raced across the southbound lanes, then had to wait several minutes before they could dash safely across the northbound traffic. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their children played, now, with other children of Village, racing down the lanes and paths in games of tag and hide-and-seek. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The three of them raced to the nearest grate. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The first race took place August 11 in the lagoon, with Zulus swimming against South American Indians. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He also said to Professor Hunk: Why must we always talk about race anyway? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the 1968 election, race eclipsed class as the organizing principle of American politics, and by 1972, attitudes on racial issues rather than socioeconomic status were the primary determinant of voters’ political self-identification. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Four minutes later they race out of the room and disappear through the doors that lead outside. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Chills raced through Kendra as if she were the one losing her balance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The audience was mixed, their claims broader than race. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next batter hit a high fly to the second baseman, who caught it, dropped it, retrieved it, and made a wild attempt at tagging Sidney Goldberg as he raced past him to second. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Tony!” they shouted and raced towards me, and in one sweep I was gathered into the arms of the giants of my dreams. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raced down the road at breakneck speed, careening around the hairpin turns, whooping at the top of his lungs all the way to the river and across the bridge. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I race down the hall so I can catch a glimpse of El Jefe, surrounded by his throng of bodyguards and important people from his cabinet. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He foresaw a new day for the race. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the race- trackers grew accustomed to his silence, and he was forgotten. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were in the sky now, racing the rising sun. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The sound of him coming back to me settled my racing heart. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The bus landed at Paririnyatwa Hospital, and paramedics raced out to care for Arm. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He races into his office to share the good news with his brother Harry and then barks the order for the stage carpenter to come see him at once. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped in the family pickup and raced to the stadium. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Kaede followed, her pulse racing, and they pushed the deer ahead for some time, always moving in the direction that Pol and Raesa had gone in. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A single thought occupied the minds of everyone in racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not identify myself as white, or as any other race. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Slamming the door does not motivate Axel to race around the car and jump inside; if anything, it leaves him frozen for a moment. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He decided just to hold things as they were for now, but he was starting to seriously doubt that Hume could finish the race, let alone sprint when the time for sprinting came. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The two of them raced back into the schoolhouse. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

According to the Eyewitness News team, he’s been “living the high life—either at a Florida Gators game or at a stock-car race.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Tight race," I say, and I smile back as I pull her tighter to me. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

And, of course, race music to urge them on. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun climbed, its gleam raced upriver like a lit fuse, seeming to carry daylight with it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The boy yanked himself away and raced to the edge of the field where his father’s body was lying on the grass. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

There they sent the shell on its way to California, where they would soon race against it on the Oakland Estuary. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When he was finally free, how he would race back! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Brayden races over from left field and pats me on the back with his glove. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

My heart races when I see the long blue envelope in a sister’s hand, delivered to me under her sleeve as if a man himself were inside. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The King hopes for a peace by the Sacrament of Christmas, but the Scots are a stubborn race. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

But the press’s distrust and the absence of gambling did nothing to cool the enthusiasm of racing fans. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out on the track, the racing secretary was surveying the crowd and worrying. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Germany required all civilians to legally register and carry documentation that contained our name, photograph, nationality, race, birth, and family details. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They did not take the race seriously except among themselves. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

As the final and most prestigious event of the day—the eight-oared race— grew near, the crowd began to grow noisy once more. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Usually on Saturday mornings, guys around the neighborhood have their cars on display, cruising up and down the street and racing each other. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

For enslaving her people, for massacring another race, for stealing the very land itself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I paused to catch my breath and for the first time since I began my race I slowed down to a walk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Turner went to bed that night—having had his supper after his blueberry pie—the silver moon had set, and the racing stars had puffed out their fiery white chests. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The spikes will get added later, when I’m ready to race. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They raced up the stairs and peeked into the Electronic Learning Center. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He argued that running for a smaller purse was preferable, because fans would know the race was truly a matter of sport. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt approached the elder horseman with an offer for a match race for $50,000. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raced against children my age, but mostly I watched my brothers play. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The grandstand was soon so crammed that just before the race, masses of suffocating fans spilled over the fence and onto the racetrack. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hassan kept up his wheezing for the drive home, and as he raced up the Pink Mansion's stairs toward his room. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

My mind raced a mile a minute as I tried to figure out what to do. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Howard started referring to the racing secretary as “public enemy number one.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked east, and saw a galley racing across the waters of the Bite. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Now the one time out of so many times that the critics appear to be right,” Howard said bitterly, “has to come just before a race like this.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a way of disposing of them easily and agreeably she declared that she would marry whoever could beat her in a foot race, knowing well that there was no such man alive. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on the dusty hill next to Iona’s main oval and watched as small, uncoordinated kids ran race after race. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

—Do you find this frustration from teachers of both races? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She'd brought them here, shoved them through the gap in the nearly closed door and turned to race back for more. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt gave him a reasonable starting proposal: He would make the Pimlico Special, the prestigious stakes race that War Admiral had won in 1937, into a two-horse event. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they started rowing at a racing beat, though, he would bust the boatings up, and it would once again be every man for himself. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After a while, he stopped racing with me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I raced to find David, and together we sprinted into the central city to the forbidding building. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The track, flooded with by far the largest crowd ever to attend a horse race in San Francisco, was overwhelmed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you receive poor service in a nice store and ask to see “the person in charge,” do you expect that this person will be a person of another race? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then out into the spring fields, where a yellow trolley raced them for a minute with people in it who might once have seen the pale magic of her face along the casual street. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“It is not so simple, young one. Many of them have died out. There were wars between many races; few survived.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It must’ve taken a lot of courage to stand in front of all those people and show them fairness is more important than winning a race. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Sefia and Archer raced past Crown Pier, Canary Pier, Red Barrel Pier, dodging scrawny war orphans and wagons and sailors unloading crates. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I am creating a new race of beings—one that has all the relentless determination of a human and all the power of the fay.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Since he had started wearing it on race days in 1930, he hadn’t lost a race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My heart started up again, racing so fast I thought it might escape my body. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another e-mail came from a corporation in Pennsylvania, less formally written, telling her a local professor had identified her as a provocative race blogger and asking if she would lead their annual diversity workshop. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

However, when the scene is reenacted many times under comparable lighting conditions by a court investigating the case, the victim correctly identifies the race of the assailant only about 80 percent of the time. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That race was over—but another was just beginning. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mohammed’s first major victory came in that same year, 1959, in a race in Lebanon. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In 1927 he made an improvement that revolutionized the building of racing shells in America. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were the race whose barbarous, cunning, valiant defiance had been enslaved, long centuries before, by the foreign people whom Arthur represented. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The time it sticks. Maybe we are witnessing the evolution of the human race. Think about that.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Every time I came close to the tree, the animal would jump, and the race would be on. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The particles of sand stung my skin like needles as I raced toward the gate. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a dance step, my muscles remembered and raced to get ahead of the music. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My mind was racing, but my lips were totally disconnected from my brain and I said, “Yes.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was assigned the duty of handling horses for walk-up starts in relay races and matches. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next day, as the Ferris wheel was being taken apart and the race horses were being loaded into vans and the entertainers were packing up their belongings and driving away in their trailers, Charlotte died. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I was glad because from the second floor you could watch all the people racing and rushing down below. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And race has entered the equation, on the side of the inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Al Ulbrickson knew now which crews he was going to race against for the gold medal on the following day: Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, and Switzerland. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With a great shout, the Huntsmen raced after him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

They had a laugh over that as they raced ahead to an amorous young miller's wife that Patrek knew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Smith tried plan b: working Seabiscuit in the afternoons on Mondays, when Santa Anita was closed to racing and the dockers and reporters had gone home. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend a lot of time reliving my last race. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

So, as Roz raced through the sky, she began computing a plan. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Blackfish had taken a hundred picked men and a hundred swift horses and raced ahead to screen their movements and scout the way. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They hurried down the nearest opening, immediately spinning around and racing back. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“The sailboats are so beautiful. It looks like the river is full of white butterflies, Bull. They’re having a race.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raced by him and called the challenge again. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scream into my teeth as the pain races through me, making everything go black for a moment. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The next owner promptly dropped Knighthood into another claiming race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she said, we were the people of the Tang, by which she meant we were a tough, hardy, patient race. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to leave her, but I grabbed my books and my lunch and raced off after Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We used to run races in salwars, and I never came in last. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I lay on my back and watched a pair of swallows racing up and down the river, tumbling like acrobats in pursuit of invisible bugs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Whenever I race at Langston, I imagine that I’m running across water. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But now I raced through the tall trees in that creek bottom, covering ground like a scared wolf. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the next race Achilles does the first two parts—first running 1 foot, and then a half foot. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The Japanese, he continued, are “the sole superior race of the world.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I never in my life stripped a garden so fast, and my feet raced each other past the depot and the Cold Sassy tree and the nine houses between Grandpa’s house and ours. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Considerably more stable than racing shells, they were nevertheless eccentric craft, easy to capsize and difficult to maneuver. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And like the grebes, the pheasants, the quail, and the robins, they are less and less able to produce young and to preserve the continuity of their race. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They raced over from their stables next to the White House when they heard about the shooting. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

And it definitely had nothing to do with her fellow competitors walloping her at the race yesterday. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I grab my empty satchel and Starry's hand and race down the stairs to freedom. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The boy raced out of the room, almost knocking Diana over as she came in, holding a backpack that she hadn’t been carrying when they were on the third floor. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Hands slicing air like we were running a race. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was an outsider by race, religion, culture—and blood. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Make the race proud,” the elders used to say. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

His accomplishments with Seabiscuit were the wonder of the racing world, and the man who had been considered an obscure oddball a year before now enjoyed cult status among his peers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Up here,” James shouted, and the three raced up the stairs and onto the bus. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As previously noted, poll taxes, literacy tests, and felon disenfranchisement laws were all formally race-neutral practices that were employed in order to avoid the prohibition on race discrimination in voting contained in the Fifteenth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Likewise, there certainly was nothing wrong with Richardson trying to win the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his motions went back to running a race, a million steps in place. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Her heart racing, she took his hand and climbed out of the window. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Together they raced over the hills, past Roman aqueducts, highways, and vineyards. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Becoming a doctor had really been my parents’ dream, not mine, and now I was ready to deep-dive into my own identity politics, from race to religion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the wagering ban, the only places for it to go were seedy tracks, backwater ovals so small they were called “bullrings,” and dirt roads, but this was Irwin’s kind of racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned against it and listened for sounds outside, but all I heard was my own racing heart. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Riefenstahl had already captured good footage of the gold medal race, both from boats and from shore, but she wanted close-ups from the points of view of the victorious coxswain and the stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Here, in America, the idea of race emerged as a means of reconciling chattel slavery—as well as the extermination of American Indians—with the ideals of freedom preached by whites in the new colonies. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He climbed out in a moment, lowered the trapdoor swiftly and silently, and then, before racing to the door and the world outside, stopped. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Finally, after the races were over, Graham was taken to the hospital, where Luther sat by his bed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On June 28, the day before the race, heavy rain was still raking the course. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

While this convoluted structure of race and class profited the black elite, it would be wrong to label Spaulding, Merrick, and the rest as corrupt. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stone Fox was using the money he won from racing to simply buy the land back. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he produced looked like the pistol their PE teacher used to start races on field day, but with dials on the side. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Squirrels, having raced to limb tips, poise there to assess danger. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of the picking, how it raced down the furrows at harvest, the African bodies working as one, as fast as their strength permitted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The driver revved the engine, backed up and raced away, escaping down Highway 78. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of those mighty loins a race of conscious beings must one day come. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Alone, with sword in hand, he ran from house to house, smashing down doors, racing up stairs, leaping from roof to roof, as his ears rang to the sound of distant bells. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With a few interruptions— major wars that have taken the young men at each school off to other, more hazardous occupations—the Harvard-Yale Regatta has been raced every subsequent year since 1859. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At six thirty, Ellsberg gathered his papers and raced back to his own office. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Sierra could almost hear it calling as they raced along. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

On the night before the race, Louie lay sleepless in his sweltering hotel room. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Come all that way to insult not his father but his race. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind began racing again when a command brought me back to reality. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Because the association of race and criminality is so pervasive, employers may use less accurate and discriminatory methods to screen out those perceived to be likely criminals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It must have smelled pretty good, because the leopards raced after it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, trying to remember, my mind racing. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He is saying he won’t integrate because black blood will mongrelize his race! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luna sat very still, her mind racing at what her own memory had revealed to her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We raced through marshy fields of high grass and ponds and stunted trees. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately, camouflaged white soldiers, about a dozen of them, jumped off the back of the trucks, machine guns in hand, and raced every which way. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Red Army w as racing tow ard Buna: it was only a matter of hours. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eddard Stark jerked upright, his heart racing, the blankets tangled around him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

To obtain it, they used a divide-and-conquer strategy drawn on the least subtle of lines: race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next year Mohammed won the Capri-to-Naples race again, this time breaking the course record set by Camarero by fifteen minutes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The first night in our rooms scared me because there were four girls—three being of different races. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Of old the Hellenic race was marked off from the barbarian as more keen-witted and more free from nonsense. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raced out of the classroom on the bell, leaving half her things behind; Harry, deciding that her need was greater than Ron’s just now, scooped up her remaining possessions and followed her. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Though he was down with pneumonia, Martinez somehow managed both to live through the afternoon and to win the race before wheezing his way back to the hospital. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prosecution also engaged in disparate questioning of jurors based on race—practices that seemed linked to the jury-selection manual. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes. I know it looks that way, friend, but let me explain. It’s a funny story, actually. My father is white and my mother is black and race is a social construct, so...” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Once again I am hiding close by in the tall weeds, awaiting my chance to haul myself up when the wheels begin to grind and screech, when once more it begins to race. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, in class, if something about race came up, I was looked at to give an answer as if I could speak on behalf of all black people,” Maxine says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Time for underground down here—come on. But if you two race up the hill, you’ll probably be in time for some more sunshine at the top. Good night.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chill raced through Mark at the sight of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But the officer in charge, seeing the children almost away, ordered a squad to race after them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my bike and raced down Main Street. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ten thousand slaves lifted bloodstained hands as die raced by on her silver, riding like die wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My heart races, causing searing pains to shoot up my spine and burn my flesh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dari raced downstairs to inspect our fallen egg—Dari, our calm, collected, studious Dari, running over to our egg like a doctor to his patient. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Cora patted the old man’s arm after the last race. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I says a thing,” the bassoonist accused softly, “and you report it to others of your race.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Across the lake he raced, his paws kicking up sprays of snow behind him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He stripped his man clean in the open court, raced down the right wing and did this nasty reverse dunk. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ann had ceased being human to C.P. years before; she existed only as a symbol of everything he hated about her race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted my chin in the air and said it confidently, as though my brain weren’t racing. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He left Calamity to guard the books and the honey and raced outside, skidding to a stop right in front of the slanted structure. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He said the issue at hand was bigger than race—it was about the value of human beings as children of God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They took the steps to the nearest pier and raced to the end. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I race down the stairs, brushing past Mom. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

About thirty feet into the race, I was already way behind the others, but I just kept powering on. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

At 2:30 p.m., as the boys continued to prepare in their shell house, the first race of the day—the four-man with coxswains—got under way at the starting line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

By some miracle, on three occasions, he was able to coax the horse into playing the racing game. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at night, my brain races with so many thoughts. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

At first, a shot of panic raced through him; he stepped back, worried it might be a Griever. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A thought raced around my head—my mother was going to have to pick me up from jail. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It races back up the street and skids to a stop beside us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Malik races up and puts his baseball cap over my head, which is still in my pant leg. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Then — bingo — they both started up, and we raced back to the base. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 22 he tested both boats again, rowing two miles at a racing beat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The issue, like all issues involving race, was extremely contentious. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A flash of fire raced up Leo’s sleeve. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He raced around the living room trying to find it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

On the day before the race, with all the training done, there seemed no harm in letting people know what he thought. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe that I will never again feel uncomfortable with a person of a different race. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I turned and saw a small, thin figure start racing towards me from the far end of the bridge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They raced through the reading and by eleven, all the Nolans, excepting Johnny, who was working, were in bed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can sprint faster than any of the girls in our school although a couple can beat me in distance races. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Indian set off at the slow trot typical of his race, and she remained in the house with the other servants, whom she feared far less than that strange individual with the courtly inclinations. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even if we run from it, we all lose that race eventually.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He could see them racing across the open area. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The official Daily Racing Form record of this race states that Seabiscuit held the lead from the start, but it appears to be in error. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They raced into the ladies' waiting room and saw their father on the floor with Secretary Blaine standing over him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Little innocent black children, bom of parents who believed that their race had no history. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The race time was posted on the board. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Back on the quad, Alex raced across the cliff tops with the sun already sinking in the west. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

All of them are divided into separate sections, depending on race. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Riddick forced himself to focus on the music for a while, until his racing mind slowed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If no one was willing to arrange a match, he was going to have to follow War Admiral to his next scheduled contest, to pit Seabiscuit against him in a full-field race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dreamed that she was running through the tallest, darkest trees of the Wood, her feet slamming into the uneven ground as she raced toward her goal. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After his discharge, he got a job in New York as a bicycle mechanic, took up competitive bicycle racing, got married, and had two sons. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The touchstone of fraternity was my feeling toward white people, how much hostility I held toward them, what degrees of value and honor I assigned to race. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the freshman race went off promptly at 3:00 p.m., it looked as if it would be a close race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the Spring of 2002, I continued to think about our country’s race problem. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turned and raced back to the others as quickly as he could. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the wind and sea had gone to his head, for he backed away from me, barking stupidly, and began racing round the beach after nothing at all. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, many places were segregated, with the races separated by an invisible line. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The knock on the door the next morning sent my heart racing. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As they raced past the open doors, he glimpsed a pair of yellow eyes glaring at him from the shadows, and then he was moving on. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He left the western wing and raced down a different hall. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You guys think we re going to have a race problem over here?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he raced to the windows and began pulling down the shades. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I believe not. And yet it is said the Rochesters have been rather a violent than a quiet race in their time: perhaps, though, that is the reason they rest tranquilly in their graves now.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the races were on, Seabiscuit could see the fields go down the backstretch and would try to climb out of his stall to run with them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still stuck in my own world of sunshine, ponies, and my race car collection. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"They're out to make an example of him. Prosecutor pulled the race card, and the grand jury bought it hook, line, and sinker." Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But he forced himself to watch her run back, race for the bank, leap, swing, and jump off, landing gracefully on her feet on the far side. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Or hardly anything, except that I make something of myself that she called a "race leader." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Al Ulbrickson was working his upperclassmen just as hard, trying to settle on a first junior varsity and a first varsity boat to race against Cal in April and the eastern schools in June. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They raced up the stairs to James’s apartment and kicked off their shoes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With a month to go before the election, the race began to tighten. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His mind raced as he struggled to think of a way out of this. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dill’s heart abruptly switched from racing over being treated like a small celebrity to racing in its much more familiar “there’s something we need to talk about” way. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In the Mississippi History room, I search for anything remotely resembling race relations. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I study the blinking contraptions that are bolted to the dashboard, my mind racing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She raced eagerly from place to place to assure herself everything was all right. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, instead of thinking of the race as a sum of infinite parts, think of it as a limit of finite sub-races. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The pot was so distracting that hardly anyone referred to the race by its actual name. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have become blind, not so much to race, but to the existence of racial caste in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

People turned to look at me as I raced by, but I could not stop grinning. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

What had happened at Nairobi Hospital was an isolated emergence, a microbreak of a rain-forest virus with unknown potential to start an explosive chain of lethal transmission in the human race. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than eight thousand mourners, including eight hundred clergy of both races, attended the service. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Parked next to it was a red-and-gold chariot with an open carriage and a single axle, like the chariots Frank had raced at Camp Jupiter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Crowell’s head was bandaged and he did not care much about these races but read the racing paper constantly and kept track of all the horses for something to do. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

My heart was racing almost as fast as my feet. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was someone going to jump out and call me a race mixer, steal my bike, beat me up? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad to put the whole thing behind me, because I wanted every child, regardless of race, to be able to look at my Worlds win and say, I can dream big too. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Fire raced up his arm and over his body until he was completely shrouded in a thin veil of flame. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had ideas for writing a book about race in America and planned, he said, to find work that aligned with his values, which most likely meant he wouldn’t end up in corporate law. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For most of the country’s history, race was a fairly clear class marker—-black usually meant poor, and white middle class or better. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He mixed flies from two “races” in the same cage. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It raced down the mountain at jet speeds, burning everything in its path. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Just behind the house, a freight train lumbered past on the railroad tracks that the observation train would follow during the California race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The race was scheduled for July 16, giving Smith only a week to prepare Seabiscuit after his arrival in California. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a pig under the building and the dogs barking and racing in and out, the school day ended. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I walk toward the door of the study, a door I have never even seen closed until :this moment, I can feel my mind begin to race. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He races around the couch and I dart in the kitchen, scoop the steak knife off the table he’s just used to butter his bread. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s also the last race of my life. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She thought it part of the mystery of his race that he could iron with an iron never heated on a stove. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can’t wait to see these toads race. It would take Edgar a week to complete a lap here,” Seven said with a chuckle. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Cornell, also astonishingly, was nowhere to be seen, but at least the East had one boat in the race after all, maybe two. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My mind was racing as I ran inside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In this way, the Confederate race to North Carolina will stop dead in its tracks. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, the pressure that had been building in the back of my mind released, sending a tingle racing down my spine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Some, like McCleskey, have been killed because of the influence of race in the death penalty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Everything slows down—the noise and the racing of my thoughts. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Before long, Bertha told everybody to go inside and load up their plates, and those boys like to busted the door down racing to the kitchen. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t a mountain goat, but he found a set of stairs at the back of the temple and raced to the top. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That was the whole point of the community—to allow us to escape the money-hungry rat race of modern society. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

For whatever reason, he raced down ahead of the group—which in fact had been his pattern throughout the entire expedition, as Fischer’s final letters and phone calls from Base Camp to Seattle made clear. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In a little less than two weeks, they were going to have to race again, twice, in a pair of two-thousand-meter sprints, to earn the right to represent the United States in Berlin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Paul didn’t want the race issue to compromise her event. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Dark clouds raced across the sky, veiling the moon and altering the shadows. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I know what you are and where we are, but I beg you to put aside race, tradition, and prejudice, and consider the facts of this case that we have so clearly presented. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“My bad. I didn’t know shoes determined somebody’s race.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Both Kendra and Seth turned in alarm at the sound of his hooves racing up the slope. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I breathe in and out like I’m winding down after a tough race. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The colorblindness ideal is premised on the notion that we, as a society, can never be trusted to see race and treat each other fairly or with genuine compassion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Forget Poppy Fairweather,” Valley said on their way to the toad race. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the streets, you kick it in different ’hoods, depending on your race, or where you’re from. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My blood was racing, and I wished I could slow it, sensing that this must make everything so much more difficult — the thudding of my pulse in my veins. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Negro sees him as a man with muscular emotions who wants to drive out all of his race except the beasts of burden. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crew composed entirely of eight amped-up, overtly aggressive oarsmen will often degenerate into a dysfunctional brawl in a boat or exhaust itself in the first leg of a long race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The overwhelming biological merits of a self- complementary DNA molecule made him effectively concede the race. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

No one, he snapped, was going to force him to race an injured horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before the race, Woolf and Richardson made a deal. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few times I risked asking what advantage my race had given me over other applicants. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay my fingers against his neck, long enough to feel his pulse, which feels just like my own—racing and feverish. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And also he spoke with him of race. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the Supreme Court has indicated that in policing, race can be used as a factor in discretionary decision making. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They discussed boat design and rigging techniques, debated racing strategy, recounted past victories and defeats, and analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of other crews and coaches. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But because of his race and his confinement to a racially segregated ghetto, the black kid has a criminal record, while the white frat boy, because of his race and relative privilege, does not. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ralph wondered how he could endure a whole day of waiting for night to come so he could race down that long hall. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I believe that there are four institutions in American history that have shaped our approach to race and justice but remain poorly understood. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But they woke at dawn as usual, and suddenly remembering the glorious thing that had happened, they all raced out into the pasture together. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

As noted earlier, at least 10 percent of Americans violate drug laws every year, and people of all races engage in illegal drug activity at similar rates. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her heart raced as she gulped in air and coughed from the dust and smoke. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"This fellow has worked out the whole thing. It's up to us who are the dominant race to watch out or these other races will have control of things." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was to be a luminous city with great glass houses where there was no trace remaining of the race of the Buendías. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear it, but I saw a fire truck race by the store, a yellow blip, and disappear. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

In this fantasy, eventually race will no longer be a factor in mortality rates, the spread of disease, educational or economic opportunity, or the distribution of wealth. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was defiant of the Southerners, proud of his race. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But aboard Old Nero, Roger quickly found that his freewheeling rowing style was more hindrance than help when it came to mastering the racing stroke that Tom Bolles and Al Ulbrickson taught in the 1930s. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And God’s given us apartheid as a way of ensuring our survival as a pure Christian race. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They want a race riot and I am against it. The more of us who are killed, the better they like —" "Ignore his lying tongue," Ras shouted. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first American race, run around Evanston, Illinois, had been held only eight years before, with the winning car ripping along at the dizzying average speed of seven and a half miles per hour. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the story of Prometheus, it is uncertain whether the men he saved from destruction belonged to that race or the bronze race. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1937, he displayed such overwhelming acceleration and stamina that he was never off the lead at any stage of any race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart raced, and I wanted them to feel it beating. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He was very busy with his politics and his business, traveling constantly, financing new political campaigns, buying land and tractors, raising race horses, and speculating on the price of gold, sugar, and paper. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who hit you in the butt with a saddle and told you you could ride?” a starter hissed before a race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he felt this way because of my race. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Belmont officials grudgingly agreed to consider it, and there was talk of rescheduling the race for the fall meeting. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they whispered about his goodness and remarkable visage: about such-and-such a blow which he had race given to so-and-so: about the grace of his leg-glides. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Friday night, the night before the race, when it happened. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In each race there are multiple potential winners. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Don Hume, Washington’s stroke, was just a few days out of the infirmary and still recovering from severe tonsillitis, but you wouldn’t have known it by watching the race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We race across the boulevard that cuts in front of the school, and alongside the trees that separate the main parking lot from the river that splits the town in half. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the race’s eve, a downpour rendered the track at Narragansett a quagmire. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As reporters went through the documents, racing to write stories for the next day’s paper, the staff had the same argument that had taken place at the Times. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My mind raced as I made my way home. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I thought, my heart racing in my ears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My classmates grab their books and race for the door. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

If you have a heterogeneous class make up of many different ethnicities, abilities, races, providing activities validates who they are as people, and sends a message that their voices are valued. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

At midday we saw a cluster of huts ahead and raced each other toward them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to dance with Wishbone and then race down to Howard’s to tell him this news. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Knowledge is shared freely, old barriers are eliminated as humanity races to find cures for diseases once considered beaten. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

That afternoon on the way home from the store: light angling through the trees, cicadas clattering high in the branches, the twins racing and laughing with Wash, her not needing to say anything. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other nations in the world who are interested in the plight of our race and who would like to see the United States divided would come to our aid. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

So for once I didn’t have to sit outside the band room—the seventh-period bell rang and I raced out to his car. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A match race featuring Seabiscuit was just what the track needed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trainer was worried about match race strategy. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could work all day at the railroad site, then race David and Shay home on hoverboards, her backpack full of more scrap metal than she could have lifted a month before. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I watched the water wash into the cracks between the boulders, racing to see how far it could travel before being pulled back into the sea. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The western boundary of the Black Belt met the eastern boundary of Packingtown at Wentworth Avenue, presenting the opportunity for all sorts of cooperative interaction between the races: in stores, schools, parks, each other’s homes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Axel races from George and Emmett’s porch, Ray at his side. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My heart was racing, had been racing for an hour. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She raced, her feet melting the stone wherever they touched. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

So much new information was racing through her head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was set to run in a competition, and then a gun went off to mark the start of the race. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Weird how this memory flashed through my mind as I raced the boat down the creek and into the river, my eyes sweeping back and forth across the water, looking for Ben and his mom. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The morning of the race was hot and humid. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Howard began to see the merits of the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to beast through the streets on our bikes like we were racing without brakes, but not tonight. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They raced along the pig track, but the forest was too dark and tangled so that Jack, cursing, stopped them and cast among the trees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The shadows swayed and shifted, furtive animals racing across the cracked white walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In early June, as Seabiscuit was being humiliated in a cheap stakes race in New Hampshire, Granville finally lived up to expectations by winning New York’s Belmont Stakes, the final jewel in the Triple Crown. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

God forbid there was any hint, on paper at least, that race had been a factor in the negotiations. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What about you, famous race blogger, Princeton fellow, how have you changed?” he asked, smiling, leaning towards her with his elbows on the table. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But it was a two-way street, he added, and besides, parents often blew small incidents out of proportion when race was concerned. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Crosby perched on the roof with Oscar Otis, who would call the race for a national radio broadcast. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

America seemed a society moving rapidly toward a greater accommodation of its diverse population; South Africa on the other hand was moving with equal speed, if not more, toward a total separation of all races. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riddle set a limit of 130, ranted at the Hialeah racing secretary when the horse received just that, then balked when another track’s secretary assigned the horse 132 pounds for a later race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only kids, but grownups, too, black and white, because Cobble’s Corner was on Hector, and word was racing through the neighborhoods on both the east and west sides of the street. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In watching thousands of match races, he learned that in most cases the horse who broke from the start fastest would win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I race this way and that, not sure what to do, until I find myself on the corner begging everyone who passes to borrow their cell phone. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey had heard the sound of Matilda's feet racing over the gravel and now she straightened up and turned and stepped out of the rose-bed as the child came running up. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every patrol car in the county raced to the beach. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

From Florida to Rhode Island and practically everywhere in between, he was offered in the cheapest claiming races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was too lame to train for his final qualifying race, and it cost him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

His knees were slightly bent, like a runner’s poised for a race. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In that holy race, sickness and deathly old age had no part. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her long nails painted deep red, her racing glasses flashing back the late-morning sun. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Billy had run after the rocket and came racing across the creek holding it high over his head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were moving at 18,000 miles an hour, but there was not the blur of speed that one sees from a race car. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped into the car and raced down to death row to tell Walter in person. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He declared in one speech that if there were another war, it would be the Jews’ fault and would result in the destruction of the Jewish race in Europe.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Six hundred more years passed before this race of people returned to the mainland, among the natural black people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The harpies cursed at us, wailing for their snacks to come bade, but the hippocampi raced over the water at die speed of Jet Skis. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

At sunrise—Janina was snoring—I raced to the butcher shop ruins. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But the brilliant form fell apart immediately, leaving him back among the dregs of racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he went back to racing, he could be crippled for the rest of his life. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Harlem home in which I was raised, the binding forces were love and survival, not race. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He rose, blowing kisses to his squadron, then hopped down to watch the next pilot racing at full speed toward the landing deck. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was widespread speculation that either Woolf or Buddy Haas, Kayak’s jockey, would be signed on to ride Seabiscuit in the big race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

An instant later, War Admiral pulled himself together and won, regaining the lead in the money-winning race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and raced after the other two. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My mind is racing, speeding through the hours and days and months ahead, and my heart is pounding, and I can’t even bring myself to stop or wipe away the burning tears on my cheeks. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Naima raced through her morning chores, trying hard to be careful. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The first collegiate crew race in America—and in fact the first American intercollegiate athletic event of any kind—took place between Harvard and Yale in 1852, on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He ran into my building, almost knocking my dad over as he was racing out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Dis ain’t no business proposition, and no race after property and tides. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The wall also offered a quick and easy lesson on the history of race relations in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their eyes, black people were, and always would be, the “scab” race. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It took more than an hour to rig the sails in the racing wind as they clung to the decks. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

My brain is awake and racing, the way it used to be before last spring. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The bike races past me with the rider holding up his middle finger as if I almost totaled his hipster bike with my five-foot-four-inch frame. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Irwin was not the superstitious sort, and he put in a claim for Knighthood before the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We raced to the top of the ridge. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they saw Lyra, they slowed for a moment, but then the race took hold of them again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stagehand and Sea- biscuit drove side by side, blazing through a final quarter in 24% seconds, astounding for a distance race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Man o’ War had run just twenty-one races—winning twenty—and faced only forty-eight opponents. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart started to race, and my palms grew damp. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

For a solid minute I treaded water, not going anywhere, until my heart quit racing and I was able to catch my breath. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the night before the race, Woolf and his bodyguards joined Smith at Pollard’s bedside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she ran hot all the time, like an engine racing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He burst through, blew past the race leader, and, with his shoe torn open, shins streaming blood, and chest aching, won easily. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He heard, then saw them at the soccer field, racing and yelping like puppies in a pasture. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In an apparent bargain to keep him dry until the race, Yummy made a deal with the rider. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blue- plumed ally from Apollo raced past me like a deer, leaped through the creek, and disappeared into enemy territory. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But me and Moms and Diego were already racing out of the store together, laughing and telling each other to hurry and get in the car. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the 193os, America was infatuated with the pseudoscience of eugenics and its promise of strengthening the human race by culling the “unfit” from the genetic pool. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Only a few yards ahead dark shapes loomed up in the stream and he heard the swirl of racing water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“When the redcoats invaded,” he started, “we raced up the island to the fort. Figured we’d hold there for months, then drive them from the city come spring when our forces would be stronger.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you take a job with an Affirmative Action employer, do you worry that your co-workers will think you are unqualified and were hired only because of your race? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They galloped back across the robot gravesite, flopped into the ocean, and raced through the waves just as fast as they could. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Later, Catherine ran her race and managed to come in last as well. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He jumped out of bed, too, and we got in the car and raced to the hospital, which luckily was only fifteen minutes away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When the race car reached you, it was your turn to speak. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Both of them are twisting and hopping and trying to shield their heads with their arms as more bits and pieces of fallen sky race through the air at warp speed. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He packed up his things and raced out of the station. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“If I were a colored woman, I should be willing to march with the other women of my race,” one Illinois suffragist said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He wheeled and raced for home as fast as he could, sending up puffs of dust in the road. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

If the human race came close to a major biological accident, we never knew it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The striking reluctance of whites, in particular, to talk about or even acknowledge race has led many scholars and advocates to conclude that we would be better off not talking about race at all. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Cole’s heart raced as the boat drew nearer. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I imagine him racing down the stairs to the fourth floor. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It’s not much of a race, to be honest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And right from the start they would row two- thousand-meter sprints as well as longer races. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The other father only stands there with obscene pride, as if it was he who’d just run his stomach out and won the race. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After two weeks, Smith was ready to send him to the races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he opened the door to the porch so that now he had about fifty feet of nice wooden floor to race on. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She put the box down and raced to her window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Especially when it comes to something as stupid as race.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We all went to the side of the track and waited for our races. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Here is my quote: My mother, the president, still fully intends to win this race. We’re here to support her and to encourage the party to stay united behind her.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Converging on these towns, relos have segregated themselves, less by the old barriers of race, religion, and national origin than by age, family status, education, and, especially, income. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

They aren’t a patch on a woman except they’re better at fixing cars and playing football, just what we need for the improvement of the human race, right? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember sitting out on Ben’s stoop on Friday nights, drinking Jack Daniel’s, debating the mayor’s race or the rush to war. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When I get home, we'll race goats to the bridge and go up to the waterfall! Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Frankie would come racing over to show her a new baseball card. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

She didn’t need to win the race to prove she was better—she was better without any kind of validation that the king could give her! Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She had planned to watch the race with Pollard in the announcer’s booth, where Clem McCarthy would call the race for national radio. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

California racing rules mandated that no horse carry fewer than 100 pounds, and Seabiscuit was clearly more than 30 pounds better than most horses on the West Coast. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if the bell was a signal, I take off, racing down to the end of the block and turning the corner. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Errant Student races down hall, waving and smiling. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But I was pleased: finally I had a job, a job with a company that professed not to discriminate on the basis of colour or race. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted a bargain animal whose talent had been overlooked by the old-money lords of eastern racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remained thus, utterly impassive, as the train began to reverse course, backing four miles up the river for the beginning of the varsity race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He gasped for air, his heart raced, and the darkness of his room was suffocating. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the 1970s, when Ken Seacrest first began his training to join the ranks of America's spies, the pace of the arms race quickened. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My heart stops racing and the field, gun, and birds fade away. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But we warn those, of any group, who would follow the false doctrine of communistic amalgamation that we will not surrender our system of government. .. our freedom of race and religion.. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazis considered the Aryan race to be the “master race.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I race back up the lane, trying to keep the letter from flapping in my hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The tightly knotted issues of housing and race have troubled generations of Americans, black and white, liberal and conservative. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The race to build the atomic bomb was on. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

All you are doing is destroying our nice race relations.’ The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

My attempts were so shaky, so misshapen, so ugly, it looked like I’d interpreted running writing to mean writing done while running in a race. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

My heart races at the thought of being able to run again, and my moment of doubt vanishes. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was grand, the way we raced by! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Pain engulfed my face, but I raced on. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Bedroom," I answer, and Mom practically races back down the hall. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The race was wild, replete with broken rules and injured animals. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I never said this was all I was ever going to do. It’s not always wise to strike as hard as you can at the first opportunity. This is a long race, not a sprint.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The only thing to do right now is gallop like a thoroughbred as fast as your bike will possibly go, and race for your life. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Each time he raced past a katobleps, it roared with outrage and joined the Kill Frank! The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So maybe when they say something is about race, it’s maybe because it actually is? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“That would explain me as part of the human race?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The physiological manifestations of fear, the racing heart, the torched armpits, went on in him without official acknowledgment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, I raced out into the open where I could see ahead. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if the friend lived down the hall, then age and race became a lot less important. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two dozen or more children raced out the door, few of them touching the three steps that led from the stoop to the ground. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Continentals are unable to be butlers because they are as a breed incapable of the emotional restraint which only the English race are capable of. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mind raced through the layout of the ship. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

How would we explain the global arms race to a dispassionate extraterrestrial observer? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, through some quirk of circumstance, he had become estranged from the religion and the folk culture of his race. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She raced across the steep pitch of the gable. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I let go of the couch and raced after him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He kicked his horse into a gallop and raced toward Anthony’s box. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Actually, there seemed to be a lot of people who needed comfort these days—especially the eighth-grade varsity runners, who were taking the Salisbury Park race way too personally. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

My father came running up the hill, but my uncle Pedro who had remained in his truck raced past him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And something had happened to the Dust wind: instead of that slow drift, it was racing like a river in flood. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Fern raced down to the car, and before I knew it the whole family was on the porch to greet them. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

While the refinement and construction of the uranium plants were taking place, Glenn Seaborg ran his own race to perfect a plutonium extraction process. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

At a society dinner in mid-September, he announced that he would put up $25,000 as forfeit money for a race between his colt and Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dreads those looks that seem to call him traitor to his homeland or his race. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weights would be announced that winter, and given the results of the match race, the track racing secretary would obviously be inclined to assign Seabiscuit the biggest impost of his career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

More precisely, Ernest was racing for money to build an even more powerful accelerator. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Augustus Seward, dressed in his nightshirt, raced to his father’s room and saw the shadows of two men fighting. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Laughter comes later, like wisdom teeth, and laughter at yourself comes last of all in a mad race with death, and sometimes it isn’t in time.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Who better to teach the southern blacks how to be good workers than men of their own race? A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Civil rights leaders are quick to assure the public that when we reach a colorblind nirvana, race consciousness will no longer be necessary or appropriate. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In many ways, I felt vindicated for all of the naysayers in my life, who had made me feel that, because of my race or my religion, I would never find success. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Most compelling was his final point: Given that both his splits and final time for the race were record-shattering, the idea that Seabiscuit had been restrained was preposterous. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their relations with the human race were now not quite the same as they had been before. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Original Man was black, in the continent called Africa where the human race had emerged on the planet Earth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It raced past him like a rock speeding down a mountainside. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as he completed his thesis—“An Analysis of Conical Helices”—he transferred to Hughes’s big California operation, where the real action was, eager to make his mark in the race for space. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chapter 3 turns our attention to the role of race in the U.S. criminal justice system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sabotage, I said, offered the best hope for future race relations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raced to my room and began to throw things into my carpetbag. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Members of a US helicopter crew race to be rescued after being shot down, 1967. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

When I arrived in Clover, race was still ever-present. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Don't get me wrong, he was crazy fast and had been running that race pretty much ever since he started running. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Those least disadvantaged were helped first, advanced because many others of their race were more disadvantaged. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny Longden once won a major race while riding with broken bones in his back and foot. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pedaling down Maxwell Street, I took care to stay away from the hansom cabs and wagons that rushed through the road as though they were racing to see who could mow down the most pedestrians. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Axel races back down the walkway, through the gate, over branches and debris, and to the front porch where George stands with Ray and Emmett. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I was thirteen, the fountain pen went with me to the Annex, and together we’ve raced through countless diaries and compositions. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

With the preliminary races less than two weeks away, they still hadn’t regained their form. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Howard, chattering gaily about how he had been mobbed on the train by Seabiscuit fans who were coming to New York for the race, swung by the barn for a quick once-over ofhis horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad raced back from his job at a factory that made food for chickens. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Howard much preferred that the race be held in the West. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And don’t cross the race track when the horses are coming!” cried Mrs. Zuckerman. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He could mingle with the big groups that stumbled off the boats and raced through town for a few hours, photographing everything that looked old with a bit of gold on its gable. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Belmont was already talking with CBS Radio, which was offering to broadcast the race live worldwide, predicting that twenty million sets would be tuned to it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind is racing with all kinds of thoughts about how this is not a good idea. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But more commonly the mere physical proximity of men and women from different races was enough to earn a place in the magazine. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I nod and get ready to race across the sidewalk and into the building. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christina and I race down the narrow path to the tattoo place. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And she and her dæmon raced upward, flying quicker than sparks from a fire, the air rushing through the twigs on her branch and making her black hair stream out behind. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The September skirmish took place during a council discussion over forming a human relations Commission, primarily to hear alleged incidents of race discrimination. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

My heart races and I want to scream. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And there it was late September and a close pennant race. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Seven’s portaphone lit up and Seven jumped, her heart racing at what Poppy might say. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Following and organizing the road races had made him know France. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

With breathtaking speed and skill, the tiny creature raced up the trunk of the old elm. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had scouts everywhere—the moment a larger circus showed signs of trouble, Uncle Al would get a telegram and race to the scene. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We race against two of the sophomore girls from the ensemble. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She raced down the hill, tripping over bronze coils and golden plates. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He raced up the steps and had her in his arms. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

This evidence will almost never be available in the era of colorblindness, because everyone knows—but does not say—that the enemy in the War on Drugs can be identified by race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

We're both narrowly escaping collisions and are neck and neck in our race to catch up with the white van full of money. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The other fishermen would have barely pulled in the last net when they would hear a splash and see Mohammed cutting through the sea, racing them to the beach. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Even if the Stewarts weren’t deliberately trying to hide their race, they probably didn’t speak of it one way or another with their new neighbors. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She found herself racing to finish the job. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloom raced up to them, shouting commands in French and English. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Scudding clouds raced across the moon and threw shadows in unpredictable patterns. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The three dogs raced alongside the swollen river. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She was ready to spend all the time it took to help her son, Levi, build a humdinger of a car to race in the peninsula’s 1960 soap box derby. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The night before the race, I stayed late at the stables. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Anna went to bed that night with her heart still racing from the excitement of the fair and Holmes’s surprise. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Over the loud thudding of my racing heart, I hear a strange crackling sound. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He leaped over an upended chair and raced around the wreckage as the top of her head appeared—dark hair that looked as if it had been sprayed by gray and white paint. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever watched the jet cars racing on the boulevards down that way? “You're changing the subject!” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

This Senate race presented a unique opportunity, Barack explained that day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Multiple eyewitness accounts of this race state that Seabiscuit trailed badly early, then rallied to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had fallen madly and intractably in love with horse racing from the moment he saw his first race as a child, and knew where he wanted his money to go. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

While race and sexual orientation are perfectly appropriate aspects of one’s identity to embrace, criminality for its own sake most certainly is not. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

We cannot, somehow, give up the idea that discovery, like a race, is a game in which one person wins and everyone else loses. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Tempest raced down the road with Blackjack soaring overhead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“She could run fast. If you were racing her, you couldn’t ever let her get a head start, because she would beat you for sure.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, my palms would literally start to sweat and my heart would start to race, and I’d start to cry and scream before going to bed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Occasionally she would go into a paroxysm of cleaning, and she would race around the house for an hour, throwing things into closets. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In racing, a victory by a horse older than seven, even in claiming races, is an extremely rare event; Knighthood was ten. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie kicked his shin with all her might and raced away down the stairs, but Basta soon caught up with her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We race each other, and Decca wins every time because it makes her happy. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The gun’s gone off for Fiona’s race, so I pick up the pace even more. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He’d broken through into a small corner of American success where his race did not curse him. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“We can use the track. He’ll even put on a race. All money from entry fees and tickets could go to the community Downtown Revitalization Fund,” Colton said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra’s ships raced through the tangle of warships and turned south. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The day following the race it was front-page news in Seattle, a banner headline in the Seattle Times trumpeting, “Husky Crews Make Clean Sweep.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The only thing I did not understand was what if everyone visualized himself winning the race? Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It had been decided that Graham could wait until after the races, when it was most convenient for someone to drop him by the hospital. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the rest of the city went about its business, fireman Dorsey was racing through the streets to the closest signal box, which happened to be at Goll’s drugstore. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

His father said nothing, and Dorian went on, his heart racing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Was it worth trying to show the one race what went on behind the mask of the other? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our men started shooting back at the Murle, and they ran away, but we ran too, crossing the shallow creek and racing up the other side. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m glad, too, but I leave as soon as the race is done. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

With Rosemont in the race, no one had any reason to believe that the horse Tom Smith was leading down the platform would be anything more than an also-ran. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought, It’s stupid for my heart to race. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t take it anymore, so I turn on my heel and race up the white road to my house. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We race up and down the bayou, Sandy winning every single time, because the kid runs like a gator’s on his tail. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear raced through the village all the way to the scrub behind Min’s house. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was racing even faster than Moss’s was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I pictured Miss Lilian creeping about in the dark rooms the way she used to, her mind racing with crazy thoughts, her heart full of hatred for Georgie and me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

We raced through putting down our ideas and then it was time to share. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

When the train slows, he jumps off and races to the boxcar, jumping inside for a quick nap. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang, I raced to pick up the receiver. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in his logbook that night he wrote, miserably, “Hell of a position to be in the day before the race.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They wanted to help people learn about the Holocaust, and to work for understanding and compassion among all races and religions. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was convinced that I had played atrociously, that I had been a disgrace to my race. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing the new suit he used to put on to go with me to the races sometimes on Sundays. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

There were four events in the rodeo: bareback bucking Hereford riding, bareback bucking pony riding, team roping of the same sad-sack cow by six entrants, and pony racing for kids. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes squeezed shut, teeth clenched, I stayed curled up in my seat, waiting for my heart to stop racing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Barring some kind of miracle, the older boys would race as the varsity crew at Poughkeepsie; the sophomores would almost certainly be demoted to junior varsity status, despite winning in California. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Six fat brown mice raced across the tiles of the hall. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the stern, Bobby Moch began quietly talking them through the race plan one more time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They would race first, for a distance of two miles, followed at hourly intervals by the junior varsity and the varsity, each racing for three miles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He emphasized the historical achievements of Africa and Africans, and noted how foolish it was for whites to see themselves as a chosen people and an intrinsically superior race. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to marvel at how smoothly the black boys acted out the roles that the white race had mapped out for them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She races off, leaving her office door ajar. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He had only referred to his race in two ways—as African American and black—terms that had become popular after the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But their pleas went unheeded; the prospect of a national strategic advantage galvanized both the U.S.S.R. and the United States, and the nuclear arms race began. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In reality, Ebola had not yet made a decisive, irreversible breakthrough into the human race,, but it seemed close to doing that. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So involved was I in my escapist daydreams, I lost all track of the seconds racing by. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He knew enough about Riddle to believe that the old owner would never subject his skittish colt to a five-day rail journey to race in what he viewed as the sport’s minor leagues. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shrieked and babbled at them, but he made no sense, so they just followed as he raced frantically back up the street. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raced for the stairs, stumbling over toys on the porch as he went. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson noted that the boys in Joe’s boat would get going, then lose their swing, then regain it, then lose it again, as many as three times in a single race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pontellier himself had no particular leaning toward horse racing, and was even rather inclined to discourage it as a pastime, especially when he considered the fate of that bluegrass farm in Kentucky. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would see the pitfalls and opportunities develop and run the race in his head until he saw how to win it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Race relations in Durham, declared a journalist who lived there for several years, were “distinguished by mutual politeness” and by “little public friction between the races.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

For some students perhaps these ideas provided a way of accepting benefits suddenly theirs, accruing simply to race. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was over as quickly as it had come: Harry stood shaking in the darkness, clutching the gate into the garden, his heart racing, his scar still tingling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He spun around and raced back to the TV. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That was why Dicey always ran along the sand beside the ocean, as if she had to race the waves. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one's tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all men. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At three o’clock one morning shortly before the race, he led Seabiscuit out to the track and gave him one last workout in peace and isolation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can stay out here and watch the race from the fence.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The boat hit something and shuddered, then raced on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And as always when he came near to one of this race, Kino felt weak and afraid and angry at the same time. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember racing down the road in my car. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Avoiding his mother’s sympathetic eyes, Doha finished eating quickly and raced out of their courtyard and ran for the main road. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons, when the reporters were watching the races, he would sneak the horse out for his real workouts on the training track or another track altogether. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle columnist Oscar Otis was one of the few truly knowledgeable turf scribes and dean of the western racing writers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had bided his time all summer, waiting for the horses to reach their peaks and the demand for the race to build again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he dribbled, no one tried to stop him; when he called for a pass, whoever had the ball passed it; and when he missed a basket, no one raced him for the rebound. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Along with the lynchings, the Red Summer would be characterized by the race riots that erupted in some thirty cities in the United States. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I race through the kitchen and say a hurried goodbye to Hugo’s parents. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The workout was critical; the colt was scheduled to race and needed a blowout. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning now was like Christmas; we would climb out of bed and race to the kitchen and look on the table to see what “uncle” had left for us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her nervousness was melting away; they had raced past the requisite moments of awkwardness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The thought of going to the march set my heart racing with excitement. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We plummeted toward the docks, but the centaurs hit the asphalt with hardly a jolt and galloped off, whooping and yelling taunts at the Princess Andromeda as we raced into the streets of downtown Miami. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"She told us that she was being turned out of the human race. She was becoming a monkey." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She pointed, and I looked, and there was Old Yeller jumping the rock fence and racing toward the pea patch. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard believed that his last chance for a match race had probably slipped away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t walk back to the house; they raced. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Several people were quick to point out that testing intelligence with a maze was not the same thing as racing on a bicycle, even a BMX. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Trouble called, and Fred raced to the rescue. He leapt up, and BOOM! He pushed that baby buggy to safety.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He saw enough in her face to impel him to take her hand and hold it while he said his lingering good night “Will you go to the races again?” he asked. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when I began to see how blacks were used in the workplace, which colleges accepted blacks and which did not, I began to think about race in purely negative terms. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The vibrations of every step as the zombie convicts charge toward us has my heart racing. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They were also asked to indicate a preference regarding the race of their potential dates. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The confluence of race and sex was a powerful force in dismantling Reconstruction after the Civil War, sustaining Jim Crow laws for a century and fueling divisive racial politics throughout the twentieth century. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Wilbur performed his silly antics; Templeton raced around to gather sesquipedalian words; the geese clucked around and were generally a nuisance. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Aw, I just sprained it when I tried to ride my bike in the mud. I was trying to get ready for the first motocross race this spring.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He raced down and dunked it again while I lay still on the floor. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next year, Mohammed entered the famed race between Capri and Naples, a contest that attracted the best swimmers in the world. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Royal Brougham, hunched over an NBC microphone, began to call the race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We would race to see who could open the most nuts the fastest, but it didn’t matter who won, because we all would have some of Mama’s pecan pie after dinner. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At that point, the United States and Soviet Union would be in an arms race—each trying to produce weapons fast enough to stay ahead. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Every ten years the United States government collects data to find out who is living in the US. The census takers ask questions about age, sex, and race, to see how the country is changing.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I explain to Richard that we are about to race to the palisade wall. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

This conclusion added to public alarm not merely about test fallout but also about the global arms race generally. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My heart raced and my legs trembled as I gave the shortest talk in the history of Santa Maria High School. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

After seeing what Belmont had gone through, no other track managers were likely to agree to a race either. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In elementary school, she raced around at recess, and it was all about speed, how fast she could go, the feel of her ponytail flying out behind her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But on race day, there were people everywhere. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He strapped Hazel’s sword to his belt, morphed his backpack into a quiver and bow, and raced toward the piazza where he’d fought the cow monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So he often speaks, frank yet cautious, ironic, as if always aware that I see and judge as an alien: a singular awareness in one of so isolate a race and so high a rank. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girl in black races along the ceiling and the agents fire blast after blast, but none of them even comes close. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Immediately after the race, even as he sat gasping for air in the Husky Clipper while it drifted down the Langer See beyond the finish line, an expansive sense of calm had enveloped him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Richardson, the story alleged, knew that Seabiscuit was being held back and tried to take advantage of it to steal the race so he could cash in on a $1,500 bet on Ligaroti. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raced back to the spot with good reception and, breathless, answered. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Shards of glass race for my heart because Cassie is dead and cold. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

People of all races use and sell illegal drugs at remarkably similar rates. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dedd hesitates, but her mind is already racing backwards, year by year by year, to the moment she has fixed in her memory as zero. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wide-eyed checkout lady asked him some questions he didn’t understand, but he managed to pay, get a bag, and race out. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

One thing that made my heart race was how Sahil could be so adorkable around me sometimes, tripping over his shoes and stuff, and other times, he was so smoothly, dashingly confident. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I certainly wouldn’t want to race him—I’m sure he would beat me by a mile. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Seven turned around, her face pleading, her heart racing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

This doctor was of a race which for nearly four hundred years had beaten and starved and robbed and despised Kino’s race, and frightened it too, so that the indigene came humbly to the door. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Wall Street, stock prices were racing toward an all-time high. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ghost raced ahead at first scent of them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We raced through the night, a clan of untouchable witches. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He told some people precisely what the experiment was about and told them explicitly to avoid stereotypes based on race. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Veteran turf writer John Lardner printed the information, “but this,” he admitted, “had little or no bearing on the race.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is racing, and I can feel a thick pulse in my left cheek. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Giannini saw Howard rekindling his lost love of horses and thought he should stop dabbling and commit himself fully to Thoroughbred racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up, tried to get to the door, heard someone racing down the stairs, and assumed it was the boy. 6TH JUROR: I think that’s possible. 3RD JUROR: Assumed? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ray races over to him, places muddy paws on George’s chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, Sam, I just want you to listen. Anytime I bring up feeling like I’m being treated unfairly because I’m a black girl, you downplay it or make excuses. You never admit it’s about race.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

To make weight in anything but high-class stakes races, jockeys had to keep their weight to no more than 114 pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I race down the fire escape as quickly as I can. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I rarely watch the ‘parlour walls’ or go to races or Fun Parks. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor were the fruits of the voice of conscience without controversy and complication, particularly where questions of race came into play. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Our party became another shuffling unit in the shifting mass with every race on earth represented. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance rose the coliseum and the horse racing arena. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Father was there waiting, and we raced into his arms. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Trainloads of fans were pouring in for the race, and Howard didn’t want to disappoint them, so he agreed to send Seabiscuit out anyway. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On March 23 it won by an astonishing seven lengths in one race and a commanding three or four in a second. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As a boy I was confused about issues of race but did not consider myself deprived or unhappy. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of these women had a whispered exchange with a child, who promptly raced off toward the church. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the demands of rowing are such that every man or woman in a racing shell depends on his or her crewmates to perform almost flawlessly with each and every pull of the oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was pointing at the bridge, upon which now Mr. Curtain could be seen in his wheelchair racing toward them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

This stunning development reflects the dramatic increase in the number and race of those sent to prison for drug crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The white men who said that race didn’t matter sent 90 percent of their e-mail queries to white women. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

After my last class, I race downstairs and unlock my locker. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z