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[kawrt] / kɔrt /








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It has also created an unusual problem when the spectacle in the seats begins competing with the one on the court.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

A new padel court and "associated pavilion" would also replace an existing tennis court.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

“I love them very much,” Lillian told reporters of her kids, after a court hearing.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Said’s lawyers filed a request with the court Friday to drop Gutman, who was named as a defendant.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

The international court determined that the children and teenagers of the Third Reich had been betrayed, deserted, and sacrificed by a party and a regime that had used them to attain power.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Prosecutors shelved the original complaint, saying Spanish courts had no jurisdiction over events that allegedly happened in the Caribbean countries, which were "fully competent" to investigate.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

And if it does end up being blocked by the courts, he still managed to etch out a win.

From Slate Sep. 3, 2026

China has much to gain as it courts closer ties with Egypt.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

For Serena, who is the youngest of five sisters in the blended Williams family, that meant learning to return Venus’s blistering serve on Compton’s public courts.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Stump Lane was one of the unofficial marble courts.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

Haakon's sister, Märtha Louise, has also courted controversy for remarrying an American self-styled shaman in 2024, their business activities ultimately leading her to step back from royal duties.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Dae’Quan Wright and Jack Pyburn are being courted by LSU despite NFL ties, thanks to a court ruling that enables some players to return for a fifth college season.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

The rich complained, but mayors from Rudy Giuliani to de Blasio courted the city’s most successful to help keep the city in the black.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Osterberg courted Britain's middle and upper classes for her college, deciding most elementary school girls were "absolutely unfit to be trained... their muscles have been starved from babyhood".

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Teachers had courted her and cursed her, but no one before had simply melted her into the mass.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson

He later took aim at bloated government monopolies posing as state companies, furloughing tens of millions and courting foreign investors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Insiders have told BBC Sport that Spurs knew they had to be both aggressive and quick, with the first quality likely extending to fees, wages and De Zerbi's personal involvement in courting players.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Long before the Supreme Court handed down the landmark Obergefell ruling on equal marriage in 2015, activists were canvassing door to door, courting any lawmaker who would listen, and losing at the local level—a lot.

From Slate Aug. 1, 2026

Ten years after the fall of Troy, Odysseus still hasn’t returned home to Ithaca, and his kingdom has been overtaken by suitors crudely courting his wife’s hand.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

“We’re not single people who are courting, Ceiling,” she said.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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