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courier

[kur-ee-er, koor-] / ˈkɜr i ər, ˈkʊər- /


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Flights from New York City to Colorado Springs are about $250, and sending your dog with a courier would cost well over $1,000.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Following that, a courier turned up at Samantha's home within 10 minutes of agreeing to help.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

She was also provided a bogus but "realistic sounding" crime reference number, and told to confirm her address for the courier.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

It couldn’t be determined why the courier was stopped at the airport.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

And Olka had managed to get herself a job as a courier at the Eagle Pharmacy, the sole Polish-owned business that was permitted to stay open within the ghetto walls.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

And 2026 has seen 600 couriers arrested at UK airports in the first six months, according the the NCA.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Additionally, the company said it now has more than 10 million global drivers and couriers, with active drivers up 21% from a year ago, despite higher gas prices.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

The National Security Agency also developed a behavioral profiling program, SKYNET, to identify Al Qaeda couriers in Afghanistan.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

Acting as couriers, they take up parcels of host bacterial DNA and deliver them to neighbouring bacteria.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2026

George, Charles, and at least one other enslaved man named John Fulton were trusted enough to serve as couriers, and they occasionally traveled alone back to the Hermitage with messages from Jackson.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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