pursuing

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Many observers have long argued that pharmaceutical companies devote disproportionate resources to variations of their top-selling drugs with limited incremental benefits, rather than pursuing entirely new treatments.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

She told the reporter he must attend the next meeting, held in early April, and told him some people there would be like him and pursuing fake cases and "there will be genuine ones, too".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Now, his narrow majority—174 out of 343 lawmakers—will give Carney crucial flexibility in pursuing his policy agenda, which is focused on rebuilding an economy that became too complacent in relying on trade with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Do you wish that at a certain point, after he went to therapy, that he had taken medication, even if it meant he stopped pursuing such monumental acts?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

In his daily report, he said that he’d spent hours with Mathis and Sheriff Freas, whose trial was still pending, pursuing this “clue that seems to be a lead on the case.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann