in the course of
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Discovering in the course of this book that Kim Thayil has synesthesia — a condition where one sense triggers another — was a huge aha moment.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
"It also recognises colleagues injured and killed in the course of doing their job."
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
What choices Nadia Marcinko had, if any, in the course of her long association with Jeffrey Epstein, it is impossible for an outsider to know.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
It was only in the course of appealing the family court ruling did Torres Campos’ lawyer mention that the two cited precedents were “invented case law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
If he let himself fall out of the bed in this way, his head, which in the course of the fall he intended to lift up sharply, would probably remain uninjured.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
