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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More trees in the ground and clean energy coursing through the grid.
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Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
That idea, revealed to him by his own homemade N,N,dimethyltryptamine coursing through his brain, changed everything for him.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Recent raids have sent terror coursing through Dominican neighborhoods.
—Adrian Florido, NPR, 2 June 2025
Konkle is a gifted comic performer and really underlines the panicked urgency coursing through Murderbot’s mystery.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 16 May 2025
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Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
That idea, revealed to him by his own homemade N,N,dimethyltryptamine coursing through his brain, changed everything for him.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Recent raids have sent terror coursing through Dominican neighborhoods.
—Adrian Florido, NPR, 2 June 2025
Konkle is a gifted comic performer and really underlines the panicked urgency coursing through Murderbot’s mystery.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 16 May 2025
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“Coursing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coursing. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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