Sentence examples for intriguing race from inspiring English sources

Mr. Helms's announcement sounded a starting gun for what may now become an intriguing race to succeed him.

McConnell, a five-term senator who went to Washington in 1985, must still be the favorite, but it's an intriguing race.

That would trigger an intriguing race for one of the most powerful jobs in British television, where the person in charge is ultimately responsible for the corporation's portfolio of general entertainment TV channels, including BBC2, CBBC and CBeebies.

Two runners are out of the Investec Derby Trial at Epsom on Wednesday, which reduces the field to an each-way unfriendly seven, but the two principals remain and an intriguing race is in prospect between a colt and a filly who represent the champion stables in Ireland and Britain respectively.

The diverging tyre strategies have set up an intriguing race.

Meanwhile, the Briton said the cobbles in northern France would be "a bit of a risk" for the riders, but provide for an intriguing race.

Those are hardly the only intriguing races, however, in a season that consistently defied expectations.

Royal Ascot opens today with one of the most intriguing races of the week.

Setting the stage for one of the more intriguing races this fall, Nevada Republicans chose Sharron Angle, a candidate backed by the Tea Party, to challenge Senator Harry Reid, the embattled Senate majority leader.

That intriguing race-economy link is highlighted by House Majority Whip James Clyburn's (D-SC) statements on Southern "black belt" Republican Governors refusing federal stimulus money.

Some of the most intriguing races remain undecided as election night winds down.