be on the trail
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
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
Officers from outside departments will be on the trail from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2015
He knew that his friend was only consumed by impatience to be on the trail.
From The Bartlett Mystery by Tracy, Louis
