Chur

American

[koor] / kʊər /

noun

a town in and the capital of Grisons, in E Switzerland.

Chur ¹ British

/ kuːr /

noun

French name: Coire. Ancient name: Curia Rhaetorum. a city in E Switzerland, capital of Graubünden canton. Pop: 32 989 (2000)

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chur ² British

/ tʃɜː /

an informal expression of agreement

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She has made the World Cup podium on two other occasions - winning slopestyle silver in Laax in January and big air bronze in Chur in October.

From BBC

He was airlifted to hospital in Chur, but passed away on Friday morning.

From BBC

"Despite the best efforts of the phenomenal staff at Chur hospital, Gino couldn't make it through this, his final and biggest challenge, and at 11:30 a.m. we said goodbye to one of the shining lights of our team," the team said.

From Reuters

“Despite the best efforts of the phenomenal staff at Chur hospital, Gino couldn’t make it through this, his final and biggest challenge, and at 11:30 a.m. we said goodbye to one of the shining lights of our team.”

From Washington Times

He was resuscitated at the scene before being airlifted to hospital in Chur, but passed away on Friday morning.

From BBC

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