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[kawrs] / kɔrs /






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"Of course, Chelsea saw an opportunity," Scuro added.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The show can only suggest the visual and physical dimensions of the original project, of course, but does so deftly.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

One of the friendly ones, of course, a decommissioned mothership perhaps, here on a diplomatic mission.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

"The stage play doesn't... monsterise Rupert Murdoch, which, of course, a lot of people do now," Boyle said.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

The problem, of course, was that we were grateful for food of any kind: we stood in line for hours, this third year of the occupation, to get whatever was available.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

During her courses, she learnt about tinting, waxing, facials and massage, which was taught as a separate module.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

During job interviews, he said, recruiters at Microsoft, Google and Uber asked about the handful of courses he took in technology and the humanities.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

In 2024 golf courses nationwide consumed roughly 1.6 million acre-feet, or 521 billion gallons.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Customers include construction sites, factories and warehouses, and will expand in the future to golf courses, said company sales agent China Yamamoto.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

By then I was nearly through Rockville High School and looking at the catalog of courses from Purdue.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Mohit said he kept running as a searing pain coursed through his body until he reached a café, bought a bottle of water and washed his wounds.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

“Antisemitism,” she contends, “has coursed throughout American history.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 22, 2025

Overflowing rivers coursed through villages, sweeping away homes, roads and bridges and triggering landslides.

From Barron's Oct. 15, 2025

It took a split second for the instincts of Principal Laura Gutierrez to kick in when an earthquake coursed through Aldama Elementary School in Highland Park as she stood outside supervising recess.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2024

Water coursed in rivulets on either side of their shelter, but the companions remained dry.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

The novel’s length is daunting, but the writing is swift and eventful, often expressed in coursing run-on sentences.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

South Wales Police confirmed the Vale of Glamorgan was seeing an increase in hare coursing, and said the force was taking action.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

That would be the fastest rate of growth since the fourth quarter of 2021, when COVID-era stimulus was still coursing through the economy, according to FactSet’s John Butters.

From MarketWatch May 17, 2026

Cook, who built Apple into a colossus with influence coursing through geopolitics, pop culture and the daily lives of billions of people, said he would step down as chief executive on Sept. 1.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

I feel dread coursing through me now, but I laugh as though Haymitch is saying something completely delightful because nothing is covering my mouth.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins




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