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  • noun Plural form of courier.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of courier.

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Examples

  • Lining the top of the facade is the famous quote: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

    Nick Carr: Open House New York: Exploring the (Nearly!) Empty Post Office Building on 8th Ave Nick Carr 2010

  • Each village we passed showed only blackened walls, save where at intervals a farmhouse had been repaired to serve as an estafette for couriers from the French army.

    Stray Pearls Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • A second committee, Floridians for Conservative Leadership in Government, paid thousands of dollars to "couriers" - several of whom were Rubio's relatives.

    WIBW - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • This close identification between the individual and her movement explains why the kashariyot were known as couriers for a specific group and why their first missions were aimed at finding and energizing members of their own movement in each ghetto.

    Kashariyot (Couriers) in the Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust. 2009

  • The couriers were the first objects of the people's wrath.

    The Peasant and the Prince Harriet Martineau 1839

  • The couriers are the latest to join protests across India that have seen tens of thousands of people taking to the streets to support

    The Guardian World News Jason Burke 2011

  • In the end I got my parcel sent to China for less than half what I was quoted as the Post Office, and the great thing about Parcel2Go is that they use big name couriers such as DHL and FedEx to ship your items.

    CouponCoupon ThriftBlog 2011

  • First reports indicated that there was some involvement by Pakistan – but more detailed reports suggest otherwise, that the planning and decision-making was taken in Washington, and that Pakistani intelligence were not informed of the target until after the event.12.41am ET: An administration briefing revealed that the CIA had been following the so-called "couriers" – a pair of brothers – for years, but only two years ago found where they lived, in the town of Abbotabad 35 miles outside Islamabad.

    Osama bin Laden is dead - reaction 2011

  • Of course, terrorists around the world took note, and resorted to "couriers," making it much harder to trace terrorist financing.

    Shahzad and the Pre-9/11 Paradigm 2010

  • Yet a company with this sophistication is obtaining narcotics from a carload of illegal "couriers" barreling up Route 15 at 96 miles per hour.

    Al Norman: Wal-Mart's "Frightening" Narcotics Deal 2009

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