hare
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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
South Wales Police confirmed the Vale of Glamorgan was seeing an increase in hare coursing, and said the force was taking action.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
There have been almost 9,000 reports of hare coursing across the UK in the past three years, according to police responses to Freedom of Information Act requests by the BBC.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Forbes calls that “the tortoise and hare approach.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
How could he evict this poor hare out into the elements, especially knowing that she built the burrow herself?
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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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
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
These comparisons show that the Neanderthal diet in these regions relied heavily on deer, horses and hares, along with marine and coastal foods, pointing to a wide-ranging and adaptable approach to gathering resources.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2025
Experts believe that thousands of animals and other wildlife were killed in the flames - including curlew, grouse chicks and hares.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
The hares on the down, stupid and torpid with cold, were resigned to sinking further and further into the freezing heart of snow and silence.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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Campher launched two sixes over deep mid-wicket, Dockrell one of his own, and they hared between the wickets to run the Scots ragged.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2022
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
A loose square pass from Otamendi just inside his own half went to Vardy, who rode a couple of tackles and hared straight towards the penalty area as the last man Laporte backpedalled.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2018
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
Nose down and engine full out, we hared over the trenches.
From Cavalry of the Clouds by Alan Bott
There was barely a time in this Test when Siraj was not bowling, haring in with the pavilion behind him.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
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
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
“It’s amazing, isn’t it, how that connects with …” he’ll begin, before haring off to the absolutely least connected thing.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2020
Merlyn said, “I beg your pardon. I am not haring a very good day today, and there it is.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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