pursue
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But it’s also one that, as Ocasio-Cortez’s behind-the-scenes videos depict, is expensive, uncomfortable, and painful to pursue.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
McDonough is leaving Rivian to pursue a new opportunity and relocate to the East Coast to be closer to her family, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
It’s Deuteronomy 16:20, “Tzedek, tzedek, tirdof” — Justice, justice you shall pursue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
She is now preparing to start college, where she hopes to pursue a career supporting older people with dementia.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Burr wrote his beloved daughter Theodosia and her husband, extracting a promise that she would be allowed to pursue her study of Latin, Greek, and the classics.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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The newly-listed SpaceX is under pressure to convince investors that it will be profitable even as it pursues its expansion plans.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
But plans to reconnect South Korea's northernmost station to the rail network come at an awkward moment, as Pyongyang ignores Seoul's overtures while the South's old ally Washington pursues its own talks with Pyongyang.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
As the company pursues its comprehensive travel ambitions, the question remains whether the Airbnb of tomorrow can maintain character as the foundation upon which the business is built.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Grace is a senior at Harvard University, where she pursues a dual concentration in Economics and English.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
He entered on the path he had marked for himself; he pursues it still.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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The private group generally has pursued a less confrontational approach in trying to secure cooperation, and funding, from Republicans in Washington.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Throughout an extraordinary lifetime devoted entirely to artistic creation, Kusama pursued an internationally acclaimed career as a pioneering avant-garde artist whose creative practice encompassed visual art, performance, fiction, and poetry," it said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
New York, for instance, pursued 28,870 estates in 2019, according to government data, but recovered assets from only 4,222 of them — collecting $59 million nonetheless.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Starbucks will lay off more than 200 corporate staff, continuing a strategy to tighten its operations two years into a turnaround effort pursued by Chief Executive Brian Niccol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
I'll watch a movie in which an attractive woman in a sports bra, a handsome widower, and a pair of weak-chinned cowards are pursued by mighty reptiles or visitors from another galaxy.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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He said he and his wife Anne were unsure if they would be pursuing further action against the Treasury, but that they wanted "redress".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The hope is that A.I. will help by encouraging laziness—the less time we spend pursuing answers, the better.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Some energy experts say that some of the emission-reduction targets set by governments were unrealistic to begin with, but that they are still worth pursuing to stave off further increases in temperatures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Professional students, a group that includes those pursuing degrees in medicine, dentistry or law, can borrow a maximum of $50,000 a year and a total of $200,000, according to the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
As far as they were concerned, going to high school meant I’d no longer be pursuing an elite career—in my dad’s words, I’d be giving up “all this gymnastics business”—but I didn’t agree.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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