He lost the race by the narrowest of margins.

他以极小的差距在赛跑中落败。

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In race walking, walkers have to win the race by walking.

在竞走比赛中，参赛者必须用走路来赢得比赛。

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Ruthie's hand rests damp in Kate's, and together they watch two scrappy fairies race by, the swifter one waving a long string of raffle tickets.

露丝潮湿的手放在凯特的手里，她们一起看着两个好斗的仙女跑过，跑得较快的那个挥舞着一张长长的抽奖券。

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The announcement came after the state Supreme Court declared, in a unanimous decision, that Franken had won the race by a margin of 312 votes.

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Here's another graph of data on the metabolic syndrome showing how it differs by race and ethnicity.

这是另一幅关于代谢综合征的数据图,它表明代谢综合征在种族与民族间的差异

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To keep that conception in regard to decent race relations alive and growing has been the aspiration of generation after generation in many an American family, judging by my own and by those I know.

美国世世代代,都憧憬这一种理想,那就是保持,广博开放的胸襟，来正确面对种族问题。

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Mr. Reid won his last Senate race by running as a wholly owned NRA subsidiary.

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The Amazon Kindle Fire has changed the dynamics of the race by differentiating from the onset.

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At the beginning of the year, Clinton led the superdelegate race by more than 100.

CNN: Obama takes superdelegate lead on eve of expected loss