in the course of

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In the course of his research, however, he was struck by how many of the founders of early toy companies were Jewish.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a first half in which offensive fireworks were conspicuously absent, Walker delivered runs of 29 and 30 yards in the course of three plays to set up Seattle's second field goal.

From Barron's

"He has been able to overcome so much in the course of his career," Frazier told BBC Sport.

From BBC

In the course of reporting this story, I learned that self-massage doesn’t help.

From Slate

A shortcoming of private data is that it reflects what a company such as Indeed or ADP happens to have on hand in the course of its business, not a data set constructed to represent the entire economy.

From The Wall Street Journal