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chasing

[chey-sing] / ˈtʃeɪ sɪŋ /


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After weeks of chasing a response, we established contact with the company.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

By focusing on its hardware products instead of chasing emerging AI technologies, Apple has grown its installed base to over 2.5 billion active devices.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Like many Zimbabweans facing bleak economic prospects at home, the cousins were chasing better opportunities, in a story echoed across the continent.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The BBC is chasing the UK authorities for comment.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The water swirled as a larger fish broke the surface, chasing the school of fish ahead of it.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

They'd brought fine armor up from the Twins, shining silver plate with enameled blue chasings.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

One knight wore an intricate suit of white enameled scales, brilliant as a field of new-fallen snow, with silver chasings and clasps that glittered in the sun.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

In the 87th case are deposited four curious fragments from Perugia, of chariot chasings, representing various warlike emblems and doings; and an ancient scabbard engraved with an outline of Briseis led by Achilles.

From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by W. Blanchard Jerrold

Then they played chasings, and the General fell down twenty times, and scratched his little knees and hands, and struggled up again. and staggered on.

From Seven Little Australians by Ethel Sybil Turner

The same thing may be noticed among the birds in their love chasings; the pursuer seems to know perfectly the mind of the pursued.

From Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers by John Burroughs




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