Engage
Engage verb - To hold the attention of.
Race
Race verb - To engage in a contest.
Usage example: just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?
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Both words in one sentence
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Despite being 2.3 meters tall and being built like grizzly bears with horned faces, the Barsam are a nominally peaceful and aesthetic race, who routinely engage in missionary work.
Source: Webcomic / Outsider - If it is pitted against The Empire, they will usually engage in a Lensman Arms Race, and will often be militarily similar.
Source: The Republic -
The Kradin from "Nemesis" are a race of monstrous warriors who engage in genocide and various other brutalities.
Source: Series / Star Trek: Voyager
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