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hare

[hair] / hɛər /
NOUN
rabbitlike animal
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The buxom stall-owner lifts a furry, giant hare, its dead eyes glazed, as a primly dressed female customer offers coins in payment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The BBC contacted members of the Country Land and Business Association, which represents 30,000 rural landowners and businesses in England and Wales, to ask about their experiences with hare coursing.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Wiltshire farmer David Lemon showed us his 3,000-acre farm, where hare coursers have previously torn up the fields with miles of tyre tracks.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Forbes calls that “the tortoise and hare approach.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

He told the whole story to the hare.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Animals expected to benefit include native British species such as brown hares, hedgehogs, great crested newts, common toads and the Small Heath butterfly, a spokesperson for the company said.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Another fan, a nail artist, crafted spooky bespoke black and purple press-ons decorated with intricate white hares.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Malthusian models and predator-prey equations, for example, have been used to examine the spread of Australian rabbits and the shifting populations of Canadian lynxes and snowshoe hares.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

As Apple plays the tortoise role—slow and steady wins the race—the sprint between the two hares is what’s captivating investors.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

"The king is fighting hares with a crossbow," he said.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Kohli pushed, prodded and whipped the ball into gaps, then hared between the wickets.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2023

But the tap down bounced kindly for Kelleher who hared to the tryline.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 14, 2021

He picked himself up and hared off in pursuit of Carapaz, bashing on his displaced left-brake lever as he descended, trying to hammer it back straight on his handlebars.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2020

Dickson reminds us that when Wen Jiabao, then China’s premier, came to England in 2011, he flew first to a small airport outside Birmingham and hared off to Stratford to pay homage.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2016

Well, at last they hared down a trap-door in an archway into the bowels of the earth.

From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Dame Rose Macaulay

A couple of minutes in, Kyogo Furuhashi went haring away into space deep in the Aberdeen half, the inexperienced goalkeeper Ross Doohan his only obstacle to a possible opener.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024

Broady was haring in, sharing a few words, going chest to chest and wanting to show he was a top young player.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2023

Those jurors will be taken to Carroll County from that county for the trial, which is scheduled for March but unlikely to occur before the fall, Gull said at the haring.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023

Wolves were all over City, Podence haring though again but scooping a showy finish on to the roof of the net.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 21, 2020

"The gods help this potboy if he's sent me off haring after shadows."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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