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Collocations for sprint - noun

ADJECTIVE

quick, short
final
100-metre/100-meter, 40-yard, etc.

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VERB + sprint

break into, make
The runners broke into a sprint a hundred yards from the finish.
It started raining, so we made a sprint for a cafe.

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sprint + NOUN

race
relay
Jamaica won the gold in the sprint relay.
finish
Sato just pipped the Kenyan runner in a sprint finish.
champion
Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones
hurdles (BrE)

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PREPOSITION

in a sprint
This car could comfortably outpace its rivals in a sprint.
sprint for
The Moroccan came out best in a frantic sprint for the line.

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