fox hunting
noun
a sport in which mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox.
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fox-huntingnouna sport in which hunters follow a pack of hounds in pursuit of a fox
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Origin of fox hunting
First recorded in 1665–75
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She also defended fox hunting which she said was the "most natural form of pest control".
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Party president Mary Lou McDonald has previously indicated she would support a ban, and said the vote on fox hunting demonstrated how members are the ones who set policy.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
The Parliament Acts were last used in 2004 to push through a ban on fox hunting.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
He loved horseback riding, fox hunting and trying different restaurants, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
They laughed when Obinze said, “I don’t understand why fox hunting is such a big issue in this country. Aren’t there more important things?”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The whips - a term with its roots in fox-hunting that dates back to 1742 - are widely known to use threats and sometimes offers of promotion to get lawmakers to support the party line.
From Reuters ● Jan. 20, 2022
All through law school, I thought that Nancy Boxley from Virginia was in the fox-hunting crowd.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2020
The manifesto was so cautious it even contained promises not to do things, such as a pledge not to bring back fox-hunting.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2019
Nestled in the rolling meadows of a former fox-hunting estate 15 miles outside Washington, the contemporary art museum in Potomac, Md., is the brainchild of billionaire Mitch Rales and his wife, Emily.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2018
It was nothing like badger-digging or covert-shooting or fox-hunting today.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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