chase
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Governments in Europe and North America now chase suspiciously round numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
As a result, foreign money tends to leave riskier emerging market assets such as Indian equities and chase safer investments like US bonds when interest rates rise.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Skubal escaped the inning by getting Olson to chase an outside fastball and fly out to left field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Wade returned to rugby union last December with Newcastle after a short spell in rugby league with Wigan Warriors and he made no secret of his desire to chase down Ashton's tally.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Unable to chase after him, Nathan said, “Uncle Jet! Don’t go! Uncle Jet!”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
"There was a standing joke in the team, two or three at the back? One time we chased a game with two at the back," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Could the left groin tightness that chased Blake Snell from his last start after an inning linger into the postseason?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
"Every time Brighton chased down the ball, they got it absolutely spot on. They did it as a team, they didn't do it individually," added Shearer.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
New rules to tax more of the global investment income of short-term residents appear to have chased a growing number of those taxpayers away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
By the time my mother finally came out and chased Zippernose off and got me down, I was about dead from laughing.
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
Television images on Saturday showed police chasing down several protesters and hauling them into vehicles in areas around central Delhi.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
There’s only so much red diesel out there—a limited stock that now hordes of people will be chasing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
An extraordinary 2,232 of them were chasing House seats.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Andrew Jones is an keen triathlete but chasing those triathlon dreams has also meant running the risk of getting ill.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Shortly after dawn, they leaped from the trees and started chasing a poor calf through the pasture.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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