true course
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“The true course of American politics and history,” Greenberg writes, “is apparent in how events happen as much as in what happened.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2021
It had a chance to end to match on Tuesday but the scheduled second race of the day was abandoned because of a shifting breeze which made it impossible to set a true course.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2021
The start of the second of the day’s two races was delayed as the breeze again flitted about, defying the match committee’s efforts to set a true course.
From Washington Times • Mar. 16, 2021
“Certainly this production does nothing for the art of the ballet, and is a serious divagation from the true course of our most forward-looking company.”
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2015
The earth must have sunk a little here, because the river broadened and slowed, and it was hard for the skipper to trace his true course through the wide and turbid streams.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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