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chase

[cheys] / tʃeɪs /
NOUN
pursuit
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Retail investors have long been derided as “dumb money” for their supposed tendency to chase rallies or panic-sell when stocks fall.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Those letters are then locked into a frame called a chase, coated with ink and impressed on sheets of paper.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

“It comes as no surprise that they have decided to chase the next shiny object of robotics just as Tesla and so many Chinese companies have done,” said Sam Abuelsamid, a mobility analyst at Telemetry.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

When Patrick, the youngest of three boys, was struggling in college and his mother pressured him to take the law boards, John stepped in, telling her to let Patrick chase his pro tennis dreams.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

If it’s meant to chase him off, it fails.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Sosa-Celis was shot on Jan. 14, as Castro and another ICE agent chased Alfredo Aljorna, an immigrant from Venezuela, after a traffic stop.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

Mykhailo Mudryk's name has been doing the rounds in recent weeks and Brentford have history there, having chased him prior to his move to Chelsea.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

On a particularly tense drive, they are chased by scorching, wind-fueled wildfires and volcanic ash spewing from Mount Etna.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

On Aug. 12 around 5:30 a.m., a man in a disturbing white face mask chased a 40-year-old woman in the downtown area of Philadelphia across from City Hall, according to the city’s Police Department.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

How long until Morris blew hot embers into the clearing and chased them away again?

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

In years past, workers were much more willing to advance their careers and pay by hopping from one company to another, chasing opportunity with less worry about stability.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

"A lot of time, optimizing and chasing different shadows."

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

She absorbed the bulk of pressure, provided the model and set the standard her younger sister spent a lifetime chasing, and eventually surpassing.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Arsenal have also been chasing Alvarez but it is unlikely that a deal is completed at this stage.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

He lifted his chin and stared dead-on into the face of the man chasing him.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis




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