tracks
Britishplural noun
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(sometimes singular) marks, such as footprints, tyre impressions, etc, left by someone or something that has passed
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on the very spot where one is standing (esp in the phrase stop in one's tracks )
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to leave or depart
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to go or head towards
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the unfashionable or poor district or stratum of a community
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But the ballads here are hard to differentiate, and the most memorable tracks go in a different direction.
Reddick’s versatility, developed as a dirt racer, allows him to adapt to varied tracks, a skill Nascar is designed to prevent.
On the Marine Traffic map, which tracks world shipping movements, you can make out clusters of ships, mainly tankers, anchored far to the north near Kuwait, as well as off the coast near Dubai.
From Barron's
Radar detects and tracks missiles and other targets.
I stopped dead in my tracks as a realization hit me like an oncoming train.
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