First recorded in 1665–75
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On Friday night, party members at the ard fheis voted by a tight margin to support a ban on fox hunting.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
The Parliament Acts were last used in 2004 to push through a ban on fox hunting.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
"Farmers get a lot of stick, with some believing that the life of a farmer is all about driving four-wheel drives, going shooting every other day and fox hunting," he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
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
A keen-animal lover, she was also one of the few Conservative MPs who opposed fox-hunting.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
Joseph B. Thomas leased Burrland from 1911 to 1912, during which time he operated it as a fox-hunting inn.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2020
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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