1
: the pursuit of running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent
2
: the act of one that courses
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That threw the kennel gates open for the predictable flood of the finest coursing hounds in the British press last night.
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Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
When possible, Isabelle says to lean toward dishes best served cold or room temperature; having more than two hot-out-of-the-oven dishes is a challenge to juggle while hosting, coursing, and preparing!
—Ginger Perra, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025
Oshima’s film teases out the homoeroticism coursing beneath the environment (and coursing through many a war movie, for that matter), in the process commenting on two different cultures that express such feelings through denial and brutality.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
In the empty piazza, the Pope slowly approached the altar, and his labored movement seemed to symbolize the pain coursing through the wider world.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
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Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
When possible, Isabelle says to lean toward dishes best served cold or room temperature; having more than two hot-out-of-the-oven dishes is a challenge to juggle while hosting, coursing, and preparing!
—Ginger Perra, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025
Oshima’s film teases out the homoeroticism coursing beneath the environment (and coursing through many a war movie, for that matter), in the process commenting on two different cultures that express such feelings through denial and brutality.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
In the empty piazza, the Pope slowly approached the altar, and his labored movement seemed to symbolize the pain coursing through the wider world.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Coursing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coursing. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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