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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a relay race" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a type of race in which teams of runners take turns completing segments of the race.
Example: "The school organized a relay race during the sports day, encouraging teamwork and collaboration among students."
Alternatives: "a team race" or "a baton race".
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"Being controller is like being in a relay race.
History is a relay race, one generation handing information off to another.
They pass you along like the baton in a relay race.
I have called the book a "relay race of scientific stories".
"Intellectual history is a relay race, not a 100-yard dash," Jacoby writes, in a nice turn of phrase.
So they organized a relay race against time to deliver medicine across a thousand miles, to Nome from Anchorage.
The joke of "Solo" is it really features three dancers performing as if they're in a relay race.
The modern Nordic events are the cross-country races (including a relay race) and ski-jumping events.
You don't often see the teamwork in running unless you watch a relay race, but it's there.
Handing a photograph from one person to another is like the passing of a baton in a relay race.
In ekiden, a relay race popular in Asia, runners cover various distances to equal a marathon distance of 26.2 miles.
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