chase
Example Sentences
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With Sri Lanka chasing down the target with ease, the Australians are left clinging to only the slimmest mathematical hope and will watch nervously as Zimbabwe face Ireland on Tuesday.
From BBC
In Kern County: Mistaken for a government agent by foreign spies, Roger Thornhill, played by Cary Grant, is chased across a barren field in Indiana by a crop duster in “North by Northwest.”
England survived a scare to qualify for the Super Eights at the T20 World Cup on Monday as Italy's swashbuckling chase of 203 fell agonisingly short in a pulsating match in Kolkata.
From Barron's
Most are not chasing riches so much as survival in a country where unemployment hovers near 32 percent, according to government figures.
From Barron's
Their chase was made even more remarkable by the fact Jofra Archer took two wickets in the first over.
From BBC
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