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How to pronounce coursing in English?

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Type Words
Type of hunt, hunting
Derivation course

Examples of coursing

coursing
You get the dance of the roundabouts, the coursing flow of living in the stream.
From the techcrunch.com
Which is impossible to determine when the street is already coursing with rain.
From the sacbee.com
Dogs also will compete in obedience, agility, herding, rally and lure coursing.
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Government money is coursing through this sprawling industrial city of 12 million.
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Elford is a true countryman, with a passion for nature coursing through his veins.
From the guardian.co.uk
A map from 1815 shows little but a system of streams coursing throughout the Hill.
From the post-gazette.com
Coursing alongside his love of stone is his fascination with collecting rainwater.
From the kansas.com
Nearby stands a death-house chaplain, Richard Lopez, tears coursing down his face.
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However, many breeders of racing Greyhound argue that coursing is still important.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent
  • Coursing is the pursuit of game or other animals by dogsu2014chiefly greyhounds and other sighthoundsu2014catching their prey by speed, running by sight, but not by scent. Coursing was a common hunting technique, practised by the nobility, the landed and wealthy, and commoners with sighthounds and lurchers...
  • The sport of chasing prey with sighthounds.
  • The sport of hunting hares or other game in which the dogs pursue their game by sight only. Greyhounds most commonly used. The season began in September and could run for six months.
  • Hunting, usually of hare.
  • Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
  • Move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"
  • Naturally: as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
  • A connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"