be on the trail

Example Sentences

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These vehicles should not be on the trail.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

“If all he did was pitch, he’d be on the trail of a Jacob deGrom,” Smoltz said, comparing Ohtani to the Mets’ ace who has an eye-opening 0.69 E.R.A. for the year.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2021

Except, the slaver won’t say why he wants to find the boy and others may be on the trail, for their own mysterious reasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2019

Paul Lewis will be with Bernie Sanders in Sparks, Nevada and elsewhere, while Maria L La Ganga will be on the trail of Hillary Clinton, who ends the day with a rally in Las Vegas.

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2016

By afternoon, Perrault, who was in a hurry to be on the trail with his despatches, returned with two more dogs.

From The Call of the Wild by London, Jack