Arrest
Arrest verb - To take or keep under one's control by authority of law.
Race
Race verb - To engage in a contest.
How words are described
| good | good arrest | good race |
| particular | particular arrest | particular race |
| perfect | perfect arrest | perfect race |
| actual | actual arrest | actual race |
| Other adjectives: major, final, minor, last, upcoming. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Instead, their insistence on booby-trapping the race behind them leads to Celestia disqualifying them, ordering their arrest, and granting Harmony Aeronautics the royal charter by default.
Source: Fanfic / Earth and Sky - Nichols, leading Gerard to race to find Kimble not to arrest him, but to protect him from the police and prevent him from committing murder for real in order to avenge his wife.
Source: Xanatos Speed Chess -
On the other hand, Quirke's decision to arrest a random troll for the murder of a dwarf because "he must have done something" is an invitation to race war.
Source: The Scapegoat
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