be on the trail of
Example Sentences
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“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
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
Last week in St. Louis, Dr. Albert I. Lansing thought he might be on the trail of an answer.
From Time Magazine Archive
"If he is honest, he must be on the trail of those counterfeits, and perhaps it was my duty to tell him of my discovery," mused the detective.
From The Mansion of Mystery Being a Certain Case of Importance, Taken from the Note-book of Adam Adams, Investigator and Detective by Steele, Chester K.
By this time, too, they must be on the trail of the Radicals.
From Triple Spies by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)
