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greyhound racing

British  

noun

  1. a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A legal challenge to the bill banning greyhound racing in Wales, which was passed by the Senedd this week, has failed.

From BBC Mar. 21, 2026

"Welsh government action followed tens of thousands of people signing a petition supporting the phasing out of greyhound racing," it said.

From BBC Mar. 21, 2026

According to the RSPCA, there are only nine countries in the world that still allow commercial greyhound racing, including all four UK nations.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

Under the legislation the earliest greyhound racing would be banned is April 2027 and the latest April 2030.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2026

A woman at the table enthuses about greyhound racing, the speed, the charge she feels watching it.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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