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"text": "His [the racehorse Ten Broeck's] next appearance was in the Kentucky Derby, at Louisville, won by Aristides, but was unplaced. At the Fall meeting at Lexington he was again unsuccessful in the sweepstakes for three-year olds, but three days afterward he defeated Bob Woolley and others in another sweepstakes of a mile and five furlongs.",
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"ref": "2022 August 20, Greg Wood, “Frankie Dettori goes his own way to take Ebor aboard Trawlerman”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-09-26",
"text": "[Frankie] Dettori took a bold approach to Trawlerman's wide draw in stall 20, galloping alone and in a clear lead towards the far rail as his 19 opponents sorted themselves out on the inside. He eventually edged across as they turned out of the back, but his carefully worked plan had apparently been to little avail as the well-fancied Earl Of Tyrone edged ahead two furlongs out with Alfred Boucher, a winner on Wednesday's card, also gaining ground.",
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"tags": [
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈfɝˌlɔŋ/",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "فرلنغ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "furlónh",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "фурлонг"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "fǎrlong",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "фърлонг"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "化郎"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "long⁶",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "浪"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "huàlǎng",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "化朗"
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"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "浪"
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"code": "cv",
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"roman": "furlóng",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "фурло́нг"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "vakomitta"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "furlong"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"tags": [
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "perlongi",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "ფერლონგი"
},
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pharlāṅg",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "फर्लांग"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "fārongu",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "ファーロング"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
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"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "фурлонг"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "peollong",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "펄롱"
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"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "furlong"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "fúrlong",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
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"masculine"
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"code": "mr",
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"roman": "pharlŏṅga",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "फरलाँग"
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"code": "enm",
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"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "furlong"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "فرلانگ"
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{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
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"word": "Achtel (nds)"
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{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
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"word": "Achtelmiel"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "furlóng",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "фурло́нг"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "farlóng",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фарло́нг"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
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"code": "tcy",
"lang": "Tulu",
"roman": "parlāṅgŭ",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "ಪರ್ಲಾಂಗ್"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "fúrlonh",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "фу́рлонг"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
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"code": "ur",
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"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"word": "فرلانگ"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile",
"tags": [
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"word": "ystaden"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unit of land area one furlong square",
"word": "neliövakomitta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "undefined portion of an unenclosed field",
"word": "palsta"
},
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"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "undefined portion of an unenclosed field",
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