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rallyor rallyeAutomobile competition using public roads and ordinary traffic rules. The object is to maintain a specified average speed between checkpoints; the route is unknown to the driver and navigator until the start of the event. Such competition began in 1907 with a Beijing-to-Paris event (12,000 km [7,500 mi]). The Monte-Carlo rally began in 1911. The Dakar (Senegal) Rally (15,000 km [9,300 mi]) is considered one of the most grueling rally events. rally 1. Tennis Squash Badminton an exchange of several shots before one player wins the point 2. Motor sport a type of motoring competition over public and closed roads How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Then the bands thundered in, with "Rally round the flag, boys, rally once again Having done so, I thought it best to leave Toby undisturbed until he should have had time to rally his faculties. Hard all is the word; the two stand to one another like men; rally follows rally in quick succession, each fighting as if he thought to finish the whole thing out of hand. |
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