be on the trail of
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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
“Gee whiz! it isn’t blood—it’s clay—red clay: we must be on the trail of Varney’s Paintpot, fellows!”
From A Scout of To-day by Isabel Hornibrook
When he gets through exploding, tell him that you are going with me and that possibly, just barely possibly, we might be on the trail of that gold shipment.”
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various
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