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tour
/ toŏr/
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n.
1.
a journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited:
three couples from Kansas on an airline tour of Alaska.
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a short trip to or through a place in order to view or inspect something:
a tour of the White House.
2.
a journey made by performers or an athletic team, in which they perform or play in several different places:
she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company on tour.
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(the tour)
(in golf, tennis, and other sports) the annual round of events in which top professionals compete.
3.
(also tour of duty)
a period of duty on military or diplomatic service:
he was haunted by his tour of duty in Vietnam.
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v. [tr.]
make a tour of (an area):
he decided to tour France |
[intr.]
they had toured in a little minivan.
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take (a performer, production, etc.) on tour.
ORIGIN: Middle English (sense 3; also denoting a circular movement): from Old French,
‘turn,’ via Latin from Greek tornos ‘lathe.’ Sense 1 dates from the mid 17th cent.
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PGA TOUR Network on XM Satellite Radio Tees Off June 9 With Live, Coast-to-Coast Broadcast of Booz Allen Classic.
PR Newswire; 6/6/2005; 700+ words
; ...FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio , the PGA TOUR, and Pure Golf today announced that the PGA TOUR Network (XM Channel 146) will debut June 9...upcoming tournament also marks the first time PGA TOUR galleries will be able to rent or purchase portable...
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+(New+Delhi%2c+India) "United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India)")
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Sikkim tour operators steal a march over NE rivals.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 5/31/2009; 700+ words
; ...arrived for four tour and travel operators - Blue Sky Tours and Travels, Sikkim...Travels, Marcopolo Tours and Travels and...remaining seven tour and travel agencies...arrived for four tour and travel operators - Blue Sky Tours and Travels, Sikkim...
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Tour de Friends Revs Up Funding For HIV/AIDS In 2003; 3 AIDS Leaders Announce The Launch Of New 3-City, 2-State Bike Ride
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 9/23/2002; 700+ words
; ...WASHINGTON. Sept. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Tour de Friends, Inc., a new nonprofit organization...Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at the Tour de Friends office, 11 Dupont Circle...throughout the Washington Metropolitan area. Tour de Friends is also the name for a new volunteer...
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Tour proposal lacks support.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 3/3/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...only to re-emerge under PGA Tour auspices as the World Golf Championships...a variety of points over the tour's history, concepts for limited-field, exhibition tours or series have been advanced...case, although leading PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour players...
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Tour company bites back with `Duck' defense.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 7/10/2007; ; 603 words
; ...its name Boston Duck Tours, plaintiff has virtually...confusion for any other duck tour company operating in Boston," Super Duck Tours asserts in its opposition...only" land and water tour in Boston, even though Super Duck Tours was on the wing. Formerly...
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Nationwide Tour Riles the Europeans
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/19/2006; 700+ words
; ...the California mini-tours when the PGA Tour created this feeder system...had toiled on smaller tours until earning his PGA Tour card, and he talked about...before on the Nationwide Tour, which is one of the best tours in the world next to the...
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Tours.
Magazine article from: The Dental Assistant; 1/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...m.-11:30 a.m. $35 TOUR NOTES * Prices listed are per person. Tours are provided through the Academy of General Dentistry. For full tour details request a complete AGD...questions pertaining to the tours should be forwarded directly...
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 "Sports Argus (Birmingham, England)")
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TOUR AT POINT OF NO RETURN.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Sports Argus (Birmingham, England); 6/26/1999; ; 700+ words
; Tour de France organisers take a huge gamble when...officials and teams accused of tarnishing the Tour image. The exclusion of crowd favourite Richard...personalities was based on the belief that the Tour was bigger than its stars. Killy made it...
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Tours
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/18/2006; 700+ words
; ...detailed schedules. Specialty tours and tour packages are available...CHICAGO TROLLEY COMPANY TOURS. Tour guides provide a fully...Vernon Hills. Guided tours, Tue-Sat, 11 am, 1...DAVIS MANSION. Ongoing: tour the Davis family mansion...
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Tour de France to open in Ireland;
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/5/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...team invited to participate. TOUR DE FRANCE CONTENDERS Top contenders for the 1998 Tour de France, July 11-Aug...and second in 1996 in his two Tours de France and only 24...LeMond when he was winning the Tour. ... Strength is in the...
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Touré, Ali "Farka"
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
ALI "FARKA" TOURÉ Born: Ali Ibrahim Touré; Gourmararusse, Mali, 1939 Genre: World Best-selling album since 1990: Talking Timbuktu (1994) Ali Farka Touré is a virtuoso guitarist and vocalist from the West...
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Touré, Askia
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Askia Touré 1938— Poet, editor, activist Askia Muhammad Abu Bakr el Touré is one of the founding members of the...and 1970s. As a poet, editor, and activist, Touré helped define a new generation of black...
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Touré, Amadou Toumani 1948(?)–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Amadou Toumani Touré 1948(?)– Malian...words are often associated with Amadou Touré, an officer in the West African...affectionately as “ATT,” Touré was popular as a revolutionary...
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SIC 4725 Tour Operators
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...arranging and assembling tours for sale through travel agents. Tour operators primarily engaged in selling their own tours directly to travelers...tourists. The types of tours provided vary widely according to the type of tour operating business concerned...
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Travel Agency: International Business Tours
Book article from: Business Plans Handbook
...or partners. Initially, the tours will focus on emerging countries...Europe and Asia. Product Line The tours will be one week business tours to either Mexico City; Sao Paulo...or Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tour participants will receive the...
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