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tour

[toor] / tʊər /




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Massive crowds turned out to fete and celebrate Lafayette throughout his 13-month tour.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

It follows the Gallagher brothers' hugely successful reunion tour which saw them perform at 41 sold-out stadium shows in 14 countries.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Lafayette was 67 when he began his triumphal tour, an age when travel even in the most convenient circumstances can be exhausting.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

An announcement has been rumoured to coincide with the release of Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger, a documentary covering the band's reunion tour.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

He gave her a tour, which didn’t take long.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

She has led tours of Odesa highlighting non-Russian elements of its history.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

The name change was also criticized by Kim Cooper, who leads historical tours of Los Angeles with her company Esotouric and considers herself a preservationist.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

The collection features itineraries from Wham! and George Michael tours, including their 1985 visit to China, estimated to sell for between £300 and £600.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Moulton, meanwhile, served four tours in Iraq and has repeatedly challenged the Democratic Party’s powers that be.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2026

In 1936—the same year Joey gives birth to a daughter named Cynthia—Shingo tours the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The nation he toured had more than doubled in size from the one he had known in his youth.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

“I hope that people say I was a good and decent man,” Cook said on CBS earlier this month, as he toured a newly opened Houston manufacturing facility.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

"After sunset is a lot more comfortable," Victor Li, 52, told AFP as he toured the arena and the underground passages where animals and gladiators were once held.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

On Tuesday a delegation from the teachers union toured Eastman Elementary and Stevenson.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

In September of 1934, Brundage had toured Germany.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Many of these musicians are relatively unknown, but they’ve developed devoted followings by steadily releasing tracks, marketing them cheaply on social media and touring.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

With higher ticket prices and more competition — not only with other touring bands but with the allures of home comforts — audiences need a bigger draw.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

In the 2000s, when Jamie Oliver was touring British schools for his influential Channel 4 series, it was argued that children were getting fat from buying too many turkey twizzlers at the school canteen.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Designed for two-up, enduro-style riding and bucket-list touring, these bikes have big wheels, huge engines, complex suspensions and radical ground clearance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

I watched her wide full mouth sweep through her sentences like a figure touring a dark house, flipping on spots and banks of perfectly drawn light.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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