pursuit
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It’s as if the world tacitly acknowledges that getting this tale truly right is a futile pursuit.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
But for me, moderation in pursuit of health was no virtue, and extremism in rejecting junk was no vice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Gonzaba allegedly refused to stop for officers and then led police on a pursuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Sinn Féin councillor Brian Barney Harte said a wall was damaged at the side of a house in Strabane during the pursuit.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
It had two legs near the front of its long, snakelike body, and it used them to propel itself around the barn in pursuit of the feline house spirit.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
The pursuits that occupy leisure hours can benefit from the same focus that drives success in the workplace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
LA local news stations regularly break into live programming to broadcast high-speed police pursuits from the air, fly over wildfires and show accidents, protests, and holiday traffic jams in often unscripted, real-time aerials.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the next breath, he mentions his Saturn return, the astrological transit that often triggers a reevaluation of one’s pursuits and place in the cosmic octagon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Today, folks on social media debate the merits of including off-duty pursuits, with opponents calling it cringe, irrelevant or amateurish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Like Darwin, he collected beetles, but he lacked his cousin’s plodding, taxonomic mind and soon gave up his collection for more ambitious pursuits.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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